Inappropriately obsessed with moulding!!!

I think I may have some sort of illness.  I think it is some sort of obsessive compulsive disorder.  When I see a beautiful wood door, or chunky mouldings, an awesome fireplace mantle, or raised panel wainscoting I have this need to stare at it and touch it.  Sometimes it even takes my breath away like a beautiful sunset or flower. (You think I am kidding but I am not.)  On several occasions I have gotten up at night because I have something new in my house and I have to look at it one more time or I can't sleep.  (Not in a prideful sort of way but in an OCD sort of way.) So if you see me running my fingers over your baseboards don't be alarmed I won't hurt anyone it just calms my soul (give me a break, Jesus was a carpenter he probably does the same thing.)

So now that you know my deep dark secret it may surprise you that we are going to attempt our own finish carpentry in the basement.  We have never done anything like this and I am sure there is a learning curve to this sort of thing so if it goes badly I may need intense therapy.

However, I am proud to announce that the tile is done and the baseboards are up in the flooded bathroom and I think they are beautiful.  My hubby did most of it and I love it.  When we were removing the old baseboards we didn't score the caulk so the drywall ripped a little.

I saw this as an opportunity to fulfill my dream of 7 inch baseboards. 

We stacked regular 3.5 inch baseboards on a piece of MDF and just caulked in between. 

The best part about stacking the baseboards like this is it is a lot cheaper than buying 5 inch baseboards.  Just a few more projects in the bathroom and it will be finished.

I am sure you are all asleep now unless you have a similar obsession with moulding like me.

Happy go lucky hair

Hi friends, 
My daughter has started a hair blog happygoluckyhair.blogspot.com She shows cute hairdos for little girls, teens and even some I use.  This is really helpful if you have a daughter just learning to do her own hair.

Lessons I have learned from our floods.

1.  Be wealthy, then you can just pay someone to fix things for you, it will be done right and it will be done quickly.  (Okay quicker)
2.  Know how much your deductible is for a claim on your home owners insurance. 
3.  Call a disaster company.  If it is raining inside your house (especially if its raining poo juice,) call a disaster company.  There will be a time you can save money but when water is seeping everywhere it is not the time.  They know the proper order to do things and they become your advocate with the insurance company.  If the damage is covered by your insurance co. the cost of the disaster company will be covered.
4.  Know how to shut off the water in your house.  Make sure your children know how to shut off the water in case an emergency.  I think the toilet overflowing is an emergency.  Three of my four children now know how to shut the water off to the toilet.
5.  Inspect things, had we done an inspection of our roof we could have caught this. 
6.  Caulk things.  Damage is minimized if things are properly caulked. 
7.  Just because it looks so easy (when you watch the video on YOUTUBE) to install baseboards it is not.  That coping saw is hard to use.  I could have widdled a base board with a pocket knife and made it look better. I guess I'll just have to do 45 degree angles.

8.  Our insurance adjuster said when he goes out of town he shuts off the water to his house.  The worst damage according to him is when something breaks when no one is home and won't notice it for days.  We are going to do this from now on.  I don't feel very lucky.


I am looking for a home maintance checklist,  Anyone have something like that? 

I was hoping to post pictures of the newly installed tile in the bathroom, but I want baseboards first and that is not going so well.**%^&**