I have had visions of redoing my dining room for weeks now and I finally got started on it this weekend. In order to force myself to do it, I tore a piece of the wall covering off so then, I HAD to do it! When I did my office, you and daddy came over to help me strip the wallpaper. It was hysterical to see you work on about a six inch square and then throw your hands up and tell me how bad this sucked. Yes, I know, I was the one on the ladder with the steamer sweating profusely. I have these horrible Steve Madden shoes that I always wear when painting and the steamer kept dripping hot water on my toes. Daddy took a nap on the couch and you would walk in the living room, "Richard!" and he would jump up, "what? what?" I think you did that just for fun. So, after I got the first layer of wall covering off and started on the wallpaper layers underneath, I couldn't find my steamer that I swear I saw just last week. Somewhere. Anywhere but somewhere I could place right then. So I went to Home Depot to get that Diff junk, knowing it would suck. This old man saw me looking at it and told me to save my money and just put vinegar and hot water in a spray bottle; I figured it couldn't suck more than Diff so, why not. OH MY GOD. It was wonderful. Honestly, I did the entire dining room in about four hours. I love vinegar. Did you know you can put a cup of vinegar in your microwave on high for one minute and all the funk just wipes right off?
So, I am so inspired now to finish my dining room that I am only breaking temporarily now and then will tape up and put on a coat of primer tonight so I can paint tomorrow. I can see you now putting your head in your hands saying, "TARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't have to do it all right now!" Yeah, I do, More,
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Oh, my goodness! These last 2 are so funny! I can just see her saying "Richard" just to see him react! And her little six-inch square of wallpaper she was working on, and telling you it doesn't all have to be done right now! You'll have the project finished in no time, if not already!! I told you elsewhere, but congratulations on your certification! Teri would be so proud, and she knew you could do it first round, too! TBP
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