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mjm's avatar

Whimsy!!! My dumb ex’s dumb dad once said about me and my best friend that we’re “like 12 year old girls living in a fantasy world” and we have claimed that as a badge of honor. “Is this 12 enough” is something we ask each other. (Sent from my iPhone with pink falling glitter case.)

WHIMSY #1 - themed and rhyming power hours

- I try to do Scour Hour a couple times a week. This does not have to be an hour but just putting on a podcast and doing what I can to take the edge off in that time and then being done

- Scour Hour may be followed by Glower Hour if necessary (glower and/or scowl and/or rot - this is the reward/rest)

- Flower Hour is for seed starting and garden tasks - more or less the same as Scour Hour but outside

WHIMSY #2 - dumb shit in my garden that’s actually excellent

- waterproof / outdoor rated lights shaped like mushrooms in my front rose bed

- solar fairy lights on the rose cage (fuck a deer) in my front rose bed

- these absolutely bananas plant support poles that come in multiple colors and have a lil swirl on top

WHIMSY #3 - weird labels on my storage

- canned tomatoes are labeled “gday tomate” and “2mato 2furious” on their respective pantry turntables

- designated mail spot (wall basket near door) labeled “mail jail” with graphic of envelopes behind bars

- designated lonely sock spot (acrylic box on dresser) labeled “solitary confinement” with graphic of socks behind bars

WHIMSY #4 - share your bits

- when I start doing a new bit I make sure to let my funny friends know. Example: I sometimes reply to “good morning” with “agree to disagree” which I think is hilarious so I texted the girlies (gender neutral)

- other bits include someone was mean to me about how sPiCy my food is (it is NOT) so I got a tote embroidered with “Tabasco” and a hot sauce themed silk scarf and a pepper shaped bag charm

- other other bits include I think I’m going to knit a dog poop bag holder shaped like a tufted puffin which is both objectively funny and also funny for inside joke reasons

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Amy Goldfine's avatar

I may have to steal “sock jail” and “solitary confinement” those are hysterical

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Annika Dukes's avatar

I love the idea of Moisture Power Hour as my heels have the exact same problem and I cannot stay on top of applying unguents every day. My whimsical thing is a little elf that’s in the vein of Elf on the Shelf but all white, with a totally unhinged expression on his face. His name is “Snowflakes” and if my partner or I clean something that we want the other to notice and appreciate, we arrange Snowflakes in that spot, as sort of a “TA DA.”

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Annika Dukes's avatar

“Snowflakes likes it cleanly” is something we say

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Angela's avatar

OMG whhhhy e'erbody sleeping on engineered quartz???? That's what we did for our kitchen & bathrooms and it looks GREAT, is super easy to clean, and is basically bullet proof. You couldn't pay me enough to use marble.

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Maggie Davis Skora's avatar

I spy The Pink Stuff mention 😘

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DangerMouse's avatar

I have another complaint about marble: you can't just bleach it to clean up after weird infections. Sigh. Bleachie and MarMar are not friends.

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Ali's avatar

I have one more scrubbing bubbles question for ya! Can we really not use them on acrylic tubs? What would you use instead?

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Jolie Kerr's avatar

Yeah, no, the Bubs do not play nicely with acrylic. It's sad. I would recommend using Dawn PowerWash — dish soap is safe for acrylic and the PowerWash will give you the same foamy coverage that the Bubs provide. If you want other options, I found this list of cleaning agents that are acrylic-safe: https://usabath.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/bci-approved-acrylic-cleaners-v2-2.pdf

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mjm's avatar
Apr 16Edited

Similar to the Dawn Powerscrub idea (excellent product I love it so much)… I have a designated bathtub Dish Daddy filled with Dawn liquid + vinegar. For our friends outside the U.S., any dish soap or washing up liquid (e.g., Fairy) should work. Advantage of the Dish Daddy is that the sponge is already right there so it is only one item to fetch and use.

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Tisha's avatar

Wait, Dawn + vinegar? Say more please.

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mjm's avatar

It’s like half dawn and half vinegar inside the soap chamber of the dish daddy. I leave it in the shower and apply to wet surfaces then scrub and rinse off.

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