Sweet Salvation (in a red and white bottle).

"It'll blow your mind" said the check-stand man, as I handed him some money.

"I bet it will," I replied. Then I giggled out the door.

Two days ago, I laid in a bath full of bubbles and frowned at the disgustingness of our only bathroom. I think it's the only room in our home that we've managed to neglect changing since we moved in almost two years ago.

Disgusting, I tell you. Disgusting. Old and dusty. Outdated. Disgusting.

I plugged my nose and sunk beneath the water to wash bubbles from my hair. Then I grabbed a towel, stepped onto the uneven, stained tile floor and said to myself aloud: Change has come!

It was my campaign slogan for the rest of the day. I painted the vanity 'weathered tin' gray (my new favorite color). I destroyed that gosh-awful '90s mirror. I scrubbed inbetween the grout on the floor. I spray painted knobs and vent covers. I bought a new shower curtain rod, a new (old) mirror from D.I., a basket, and a new bathroom rug. $30.00 was spent. (I'm good, right?)

And last, but not least, I bought a little red and white bottle from Don Aslett's.

Let me clarify: I bought sweet salvation in a red and white bottle.

From Don Aslett's.

The 'blow-your-mind' kind.

And boy, did it deliver.

Best twelve bucks I ever did spend.

You see, the Keller household suffers from the lack of a water softener, which means every surface that water touches is dull and corroded. And while Senore and I are saving up our pennies for a major overhaul in the bathroom (hopefully coming this summer), my little fix-up has made me feel a lot better until then.

And the faucets!!!!! They are clean again!!!!! Sweet salvation!!!!!

I had tried every cleaner imaginable. And wasted so much money. 'Showers 'N Shiz' did the trick, I tell you. It did the trick!

I will share pictures tomorrow. A new light fixture is going up tonight!

Until then, get your buns over to Don Aslett's. Your life will be forever changed.


PS - When you're here next, Kricket, please teach me how to install fixtures myself. As you know, husbands are procrastinators and it's a major production to get assistance. I know you know what I speak of!!!!

(PSS: Michael, I love you!)