Hmmm... so I found out you should use Pine-sol straight, without gloves. I was "cleaning" day before yesterday, trying to get the sticky crap off every surface in the house (the smoke film and tar), because the sun was out and it felt like "spring cleaning day" to me, but when I got to the hand-rail on the basement steps, which is varnished wood, there was no way my little splash of Pine-sol in a bowl of warm water was gonna cut through 20 years (or more) of sweaty greasy hand film. I know, YUK, but if you just don't look at it too much, it's not that bothersome, you know? So I looked on the bottle and it said for heavy grease, use it straight, but then rinse with water afterward. So I sopped a cleaning towel with straight Pine-sol, and started working on the hand rail. I was a couple feet down from the top when Rich pulled in (he had been shopping all day), so I quit, because after all I'd done already with the walls, doorframes, and appliances, I was pretty pooped out.
Next morning, I realized, not only did I get all the grease off the handrail up there at the top, but also all the varnish. It's stripped right down to the bare wood! LOL! I'll have to finish stripping it now, and then sand it and re-finish. However, this morning, I thought I had something on my hands. Felt like a coating of powder or something, so I washed them good, but as soon as they were dry, that feeling was back, and then I realized, I had "lifted the grain" on my hands! ROFL! OMG, they're SO ROUGH! It didn't take my nail polish off, so I figured I was OK at the time, but now, ick! So it's lots of hand cream for me for the next few days, and rubber gloves for when I finish stripping the hand rail.
The diluted stuff is GREAT, though, for getting that sticky film off everything. I was amazed that it worked as well as those Magic Erasers do. Those things are great, but expensive, and they don't last very long. I wish the Pine-sol didn't smell so bad, though. Gah, I can still smell it today, not very strong, but it's still there when I come in from outside. I think I'll wait to finish all this heavy cleaning until the weather is warmer and I can have the windows open to air the place out. It's not just from us, either, the guy who lived in this house before us was a heavy smoker and he was here 15 years or so, then we've been here for 12... it's pretty sticky and I can't wait to get it all GONE!
~Lannie
I have no idea why it was so hard for the doctors office to explain the results! Lol So, my gallbladder (no stones or thickening), liver, right kidney(no stones), pancreas were all normal. There was normal drainage of my gallbladder, and ejection fraction was measuring 63%. One thing that grabbed my attention was with my pancreas, it demonstrated a normal homogeneous echotexture, but the tail was not well seen due to overlying air pocket. I know it is normal, but if it is something that occurs frequently there is a chance it could cause discomfort and pains. I am excited to see my new doctor and hopefully get some things narrowed down. If only the doctor office could have explained my results to me and actually got the information correct! Lol Everything is darn near perfect. Now, if my blood work will come back great I will mentally feel great
, there it was, under an orange tarp, the dead body.
