Kate's Eye View

Today I decided it was finally time to fix the chalking around out bathtub. It had mildew from the previous tenants and I killed all the mildew using Tilex mildew root killer, however the mildew had left the white silicone chalking around the edges stained black even though the fungus was dead. This is how it started out earlier today: To start out I first scrapped off all of the old stained chalking with a stiff, sharp putty knife. This was the messiest and hardest part. I made sure to get all chalk that could be contaminated by mildew so this included the chalk around the soap holder and the faucet. Then Jeremy made up the following solution for me that cleans and sanitizes the whole shower area so that no mildew spores remain and the surface will be clean and ready for the new chalk to adhere to. The solution was 3 quarts hot water 1 quart bleach 1 cup Trisodium Phosphate (TSP) substitute 1 cup Dawn dish soap I applied this to the entire shower surface and then let it sit for abo...

Since my last post I officially finished the kitchen cabinet refinishing project! Here are the pictures: BEFORE AFTER I started packing this week. It is good to give yourself a lot of time to get ready to move I think so it spreads the stress out over a longer period of time and is in smaller doses but it is also hard to decide what to pack up so early! I am constantly looking around asking myself what we can live comfortably without for the next two and half weeks. So things like books, winter clothes, extra mug/bowls/glasses/plates get packed up but the rest of it I don't want to do too soon then end up having to rummage through boxes later when we need this or that. So, it is refreshing to know that in only one week I have to have everything packed. You can live with less for one week! :) On Wednesday night I made a fantastic dinner consisting of Spanish seafood flavored rice, Spanish garlic shrimp, and petite lobster tails. It was so good Jeremy took a picture. We ate it...

Today I thought instead of summarizing my student teaching experience I would share about the two main projects that took up most of my time this summer while I was in Littleton before I came back to Tucson. The first one started because I wanted to make sure to have something to occupy my time while on the cruise we took with Jeremy's mom and brothers at the beginning of June. I have always liked to cross-stitch and so I went to Michael's and picked one out that I thought I could frame and hang on the wall when I was done. I picked on called "Tucsan View" and it sort of falls in line with the Italian theme I have going on in the kitchen. I think when I am done this will go in the dining room though. I actually didn't get many chances to work on while on the cruise but I did work on it over the summer and have been picking up when I find the time here in Tucson. Today I took the first pictures of where I am at with this. It might be hard to tell because it th...