SputnikSpak's Profile

I lived without air conditioning for years. It's only since a recent bout with Lupus, worsened by Montreal's horrible humidity, that made me cave and get a window unit. I only use it at night, and only on low - I can't stand living in a fridge.

Ginger, my Sheltie who passed away in April, would turn up in the strangest places during thunderstorms. Once she wedged herself between the toilet and the wall. Another time we spent an hour calling her and looking for her, only to find her in the couch - she'd dug her way under the cushions and throw pillows and was pretty much inside it. She's turned up in the shower a few times.

If Cat can't be found, he's in one of two places - the linen cupboard on the towels, or in the 'crawlspace' off of my closet, at which point he's pretty much in Narnia.

My new dog, Jackson, terrified me one night, as I found myself at eye level with him. He was standing on top of our chest freezer. I still have no idea how he got up there, as he is not a large dog.

Cable TV, definitely. Most television I want to watch, I can catch online. Following that? Scale back the cell phone extras. I don't currently have a landline, anyway. I'd get rid of the internet if I had to (I can access from school and work, so checking email, etc, wouldn't be a problem).

My bedroom is painted a nice dark turquoise. It's the darkest colour I've ever painted, and I love it to death. During the day with the window light it looks classy, at night when it's soft lamps lighting it beckons for sleep. Turquoise walls, soft white furniture, and black & white bedding and curtains. A few rugs with black/red/white stripes, and two red throw pillows, boom! :) Drama.

You can make an extremely effective de-skunking formula out of peroxide, baking soda and Dawn dishwashing soap.

My favourite bathroom thing is the locking medicine cabinet I bought at Ikea. Usually I leave it unlocked - but if my nosy grandma, who likes to rifle through my prescriptions, is coming over? I lock it and take the key out.

http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/40012497

I keep toilet bowl cleaner, windex, and some Lysol wipes in the bathroom for quick clean-up/de-germification.

My mom's insisted on having the rug in front of the sink for as long as I can remember, but it's honestly a huge annoyance. The garbage can slides out from under the sink, and things often wind up spilling on the rug when they're being emptied. It's on a rubber rug mat, which it constantly slides off of.

I wouldn't have one in my kitchen. Too dirty. I don't like bathroom rugs either, with the exception of a bathmat for stepping out of the shower or tub - but one that can be easily thrown in the wash with the towels.

I've never had a problem sharing a bathroom, but then, I come from a pretty huge family. I can remember spending summers at the cottage and having ten people sharing one tiny bathroom for weeks.

My tips: Pick up after yourself. If everyone does it, it's so much easier to share. Mop up shower puddles, rinse your toothpaste (and beard hair!) out of the sink, your skidmarks out of the toilet, your hair clogging the drain, and whatever else you can think of.

If you have one messy person in a household of people pitching in - call them out on it. And don't be afraid to embarrass them! "Dude, could you PLEASE rinse your freakin' pubes out of the tub next time? Jeez."

When my grandfather passed away, I inherited their bedroom furniture, which my grandmother found in a thrift store sometime in the 70's and painted Pepto Bismol pink... over uggo olive green.

I lived a year with the pink furniture, then painted it cream colour. I think my grandmother would definitely have approved with me making furniture that was so very her my own.

That makes me feel queasy. Maybe if it was no higher up than like a bunk bed, but on a second floor? Gives me the willies.