operation bathtub rejuvenation

until recently (like an hour ago) i had a fish-shaped non-slip tub mat in my bathtub. it served its purpose, which was to help keep me from falling and knocking myself unconscious while showering... and then i made the mistake of unsticking said mat to give it a good cleaning and i discovered that the underside of the mat had turned into a festering evil moldy growth. i gagged, gagged some more, shrieked, drop the icky mat and backed away. i tried to explain to dublin the horrible-ness that i had just witnesses but he just cocked his head to the side and barked for treats. well, that experience led me to target this afternoon to buy some cleaning supplies. after having seen what i had seen, nothing less than sandblasting would do... i picked up some scrubbing bubbles, a SHARKNOSE scrub brush, because just any average scrub brush would never do the trick, and some adorable rubber duckie shaped non-slip sticky things, under which nothing can grow. i also picked up a handy corner shelf system thing for in the shower, because i have every little corner of the tub full of crap and that *just won't do*.

so i come home and before i can even get to scrubbing, dublin has taken the sharknose angled corner brush with comfort handle (by rubbermaid) and chewed the handle to the high heavens... see, in dublin's world, if something in my condo is perfect,, other than him, then i might love that thing more than i love him. to ensure this doesn't happen, he makes sure that everything that enters the condo, be it new or antique, gets shredded, torn up and otherwise chewed on, thus ensuring his place as top dog. so i grab the scrubbing bubbles and the shredded, torn up, chewed on brand new shark nose angled corner comfort grip scrub brush by rubbermaid, and do a quick number on the tub, cleaning out any grimy bits of dirt left behind by the evil mold-making fishy mat. then i put together the shelf system, which, when all was said and done, was a good foot too tall. i took one section off, which made it fit, but it also made me lose one shelf. darn it all. i tried to move the shelf, but i stripped the bolt. darn it all to heck!

anyway, with the new shower organizer in place, i got to work putting the rubber ducky tub army in place... with captain evil red duckie watching them from high above...