Sunday's Backyard View

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This photo was taken a little after 9 AM this morning.  I love how the finch feeder is full of birds and, if you look closely, you can see a squirrel tail on the far feeder.  It started raining early this morning but, as you can see, the snow has started. 

Mom's flight from California made it into Detroit just fine this morning but her flight to Appleton was canceled.  Now, she is on a flight to Minneapolis with hopes of arriving home on a third flight this afternoon.  Good travel thoughts for Mom are much appreciated.

Yesterday, I rented the wallpaper steamer machine from our local hardware store at noon.  DH brought it back at 4:30 PM after we removed the wallpaper from our basement bathroom.  I was afraid this would be a beast of a job but only a normal amount of effort was expended.  One hint for those of you applying wallpaper....remember to prime the surface first, even if it is only a patch.  If you don't prime, the wallpaper will stick, stick, stick when you want it to release should you or someone else ever want to remove the paper.  DH has all ready removed the vanity and replaced the toilet from the old blue (yes, 1970's blue) ceramic.  Now, to research what flooring to install.  Vinyl or Ceramic (on concrete) or some other option?

Comments

[Nora]

A blue toilet? What a relic!

Love your birdies... still raining here.

I'd go with ceramic - so well-wearing.

[Stacey]

Good travel thoughts for mom. You're secretly pleased at the thought you might have a snow day...aren't you? At least it wasn't harvest gold?

[Kay]

Definitely ceramic, but you might want to install some electric heat under the floor if possible. I have seen that done, and it is really sweet. Not to mention warm on bare feet.

[Kim]

The birds all lined up look almost fake! We had a 1970s blue toilet in our old house. My cousin-in-law has a brown 80s toilet. Brown! Ick! I'd go with vinyl. There are so many options to choose from.