scratches
Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t like cats. Of all the creatures in the animal kingdom, I think cats are the top jerks – and, yes, I did consider the raccoon, the hyena and ALF, and cats still won the title.
Much of my proof lies in how they treat the surroundings around them. Despite being waited on hand and foot, getting to live in comfy homes rent-free and not having a care in the world, cats spend their leisure time destroying your furniture, floors, walls and door posts. Just because. See? Jerks. [click to continue…]
Scratch happens. That’s the motto around here. It took me a decent while to be ok with that motto, though. When we first got our hardwood floors and our one-step-up-from-Ikea furniture, I treated them with such loving tenderness you would have thought they were made of newborn kittens.
So when the inevitable happened – a horrible, unnecessary scratch – I was a bit … disappointed. [Edit by Jen’s Husband: Disappointed? Try “a raving, crazy lady.”] Ahem. Eventually, one has to accept that what’s done is done and how to proceed from there.
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You’ve done it – you’ve completed your kitchen renovation (did you ever think you’d be sick of ordering out? Neither were we, but after a couple weeks, all I wanted to do was sauté some vegetables. Scary.). You treasure your new kitchen, you look at it lovingly … until one day, somebody takes a weird scouring pad to the stainless steel range and whammo – scratches! Once you’re back from burying somebody’s body in the backyard, it’s time to ask the question – can you live with these irritating scratches, staring at you every single day, or is there a way to get rid of them? There have been lots of products on the market, but we think we’ve found one that really truly works and for a price that goes down smoothly. [click to continue…]













