Mold Killer

I'm finally getting a little manic.  I cleaned out the laundry room and finally decided to attack "The problem" in the bathroom. 

While Ron is pretty lavish with the heating, he is very stingy when it comes to air conditioning.  I don't care, I like it warm anyway.  Today it was 60 degrees out and one of our drivers had the air conditioning on!  Brr! 

Anyway, he was obsessed with the bathroom.  We get a lot of east sun through the bathroom window.  It is one of the few windows not blocked by any trees or shrubbery.  Ron had a couple of solutions: he put roll down blinds on the outside of the window, but they blew off in the hurricane. 

Then he decided to close the bathroom door, the minute I finished my shower, so we had 100% humidity in the heat and confinement.  You can imagine the results, icky black mold on the ceiling above the tub.  I  tried to tell him, he wouldn't listen. 

We had a mold issue in CA due to bad plumbing upstairs, and it was horrific, multicolored layers of slime.  I tried to clean it myself but got sick every time, and we had a slumlord to boot.  As a result, I didn't have much hope of resolving my problem. 

Until I found the "mold killing primer" at Walmart.   Wait a minute, they make mold killing paint?  Awesome. 

I did some research and found it worked exactly as claimed.  I was all set to buy some, but Walmart had stopped carrying it.  [bad word] 

I told Ron I wanted to go to Home Depot to buy some supplies, and not only did he arrange the trip, he offered to pay for everything.  I confided my fears about even sharing this online, but he reminded me "We're not selling the house" and I would disclose it anyway "I had a little problem... but I fixed it". 

While there, we got a couple different items, a gallon of the paint (yes, overkill, but I want to do to the whole ceiling just to be certain, all 45 square feet of it!), and a couple of hand held spray bottles. 

I tried a couple of them out.  This one actually takes the mold and the stain: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Mold-Armor-32-oz-Mold-Blocker-FG516T/100628957  I was impressed.  I plan to use it on the affected area. 

Ron and I talked some more, and we agree it would be smart to buy a ventilation fan (we're a little slow), we can have our electrician friend install it - and a ladder so I can do the painting easily.  That's a big load off my mind. 

It's really depressing to literally have mold hanging over my head every time I take a shower.  Or bath. 

I came home and did some research, finding a good vent fan with excellent reviews and a reasonable price tag.  The one I originally liked only had 2 stars and was "as noisy as an airport".  Huh. 

I woke with a migraine, the OTC stuff worked, but needless to say all the caffeine did not lend itself to a nap when I got home.  I still feel pretty wound up and I took my last dose at 9-10 AM. 

It's after 5 PM right now. 

So, I would call that a good day.  The laundry room looks great - I finished it.  It is what I'd say 90% done.  I still have a laundry basket full of stuff, and clean laundry on the dryer, but I'm not walking on old clothes and junk when I go in there anymore.  It really came out of Hoarders before, pretty bad. 

Not anymore.  Glad I got that done. 

Ron will also look into getting the "outside" blinds, have that installed, and then the vent fan.  Then I will use the paint.  In the meantime, as I have the energy, I will use my mold killing stain remover miracle spray to eliminate "my little problem". 

It's almost like getting a bad tooth fixed. 

I will be using eye protection, N95 mask, gloves, and some kind of hair covering for both the cleaning and the painting. 

The cats are good.  Biscuit has been adorable, Torbie got in my lap twice, Gravy licked my hand, and Baby Girl let me pet her. 

I'm running a load of laundry right now, mostly Ron's.  When it's done I'll put it over a chair in his bedroom, he hangs it up himself.  That's what he gets for complaining I woke him up, opening his closet.  I have a big bag of laundry room trash to "can" and I'm waiting on that. 

I probably haven't told you, we are all ground floor here, house about 900 square feet.  Windows, most of them, don't have screens, but not a big deal unless we have a power outage in the summer.  Which has been very rare. 

Anyway, we put the trash cans outside Ron's window, so we just open the window and throw the trash away.  It's very handy.  But I can't do it when he's sleeping. 

He got another blister abusing his back massager, placing it on his legs to deal with neuropathy pain.  I am treating it with peroxide and some spray disinfectant.  He's using the massager again but on a different leg. 

I don't judge because I don't have neuropathy, praise God. 

Ron has NOT been a creep today, so I will take that as a gift.  I got plenty of sleep last night and the night before.  Even better.  I took my medication so my mood will be balanced, but I still have enough mania to want to do some spring cleaning. 

If you could see my house, you'd know I need all the help I can get with the cleaning thing, so that's a gift too.  Plus my parents are coming to visit in a couple weeks and I'd like the house to be somewhat presentable. 

A busy day, but a good one.