I have no idea why I buy anything at all.
Today Phoenyx and I were out car shopping and he threw up on me. And my shirt. Down my shirt. Down his shirt.
(Btw, that is a great way to get out of a car dealership if they ever have you hung up)
But the past week I have also dealt with this:
Permanent marker on the couch.
I lost my &$#^#%#^ about this.
Sigh.
Big. Mega. Sigh.
I googled how to get it off my white leather and thus far have tried everything it suggested with no results: magic eraser, wd40, acetone, alcohol, baking soda, vinegar, and on and on and on.
I was pretty much high when I stopped trying.
And this is what greeted me this week after a long day of work thinking I could go to my bath and “relax”.
Dude.
My daughter, even though she has her OWN bathroom, used my big comfy garden tub and turned it into kid zone with her bath markers…and then left it looking like Crayola puked up in there. I had to clean it before I could even use it.
Btw you have no idea what its like to see the fish faucet staring at you naked.
It’s uncomfortable.
And then today I walk into this….
The mystery of why I am on my THIRD Neato Vacuum may be solved.
Someone remind me again why I have children??
~Trisha
One of my kids took a black Sharpie to my cool purple sofa, then we adopted a stupid cat that scratched it to hell. I have nothing nice, I have black leather furniture that no one has destroyed (yet) and I will probably have it until the kids are married.
As far as the Sharpie, this might be an idiotic suggestion, but can you find a Sharpie that matches the color and Sharpie right over it? My other idea would be to get fabric paint and paint right over the black. I would test it out first but it might just work.
This is why I’m kind of reluctant about buying a new sofa! The SAME thing happened to me a few years ago, and I about lost my mind! ~lol~ Also, I can hardly wait to get a house with two bathrooms, because I am so sick and tired of picking up gobs of toys out of the bathtub every single day before taking a shower, no matter how many times I tell my son to take 2-3 toys with him AND to pick up after himself.
I would have lost my you-know-what over that ink mark, too. And I also am such a prude sometimes that I could see myself putting a wash cloth over the fish. Why? Because by bath time at the end of the night, I’m a nut case!
Any chance the cushion can be flipped? Or that you can order one new cushion, maybe?
I shouldn’t laugh….but the Roomba picture made me giggle. (((HUGS)))
Oh I would be crying over that permanent marker!
An idea you may want to try (in an inconspicuous area first!) is a tip I learned to get permanent marker off a dry-erase whiteboard. When someone uses PM in error and it dries permanent, draw over the ink with a dry-erase pen. Leave a few seconds then remove. Something in the dry-erase pen ‘loosens’ the ink in the permanent one. It definitely works on the whiteboard – maybe worth trying under the couch first?
Also, a tip that I have not personally tried but is using a bottle of Avon Skin So Soft Bath Oil. Using a QTip lightly go over the area and it loosens and removes the stain. Repeat: I’ve not tried this, so test in a hidden area! But I’ve heard great things about this stuff working crazy magic on various household marks!
Good luck – if you find a solution, please blog it. This will no doubt happen to us all!
Sorry I had LOL on the last picture, I didn’t even notice the Neato until I read it. And I won’t say I told you so about buying white furniture. We’re going to have our ratty couch until these kids move out.
Oh, I had to add one more thing. We were testing a car for KIA the other month and Mary threw up all over it, me, and her clothes. So on the ride home, she had to ride naked with only my jacket around her because I didn’t have any spare clothes. I totally hear you.
You know what is funny, is he was sitting/standing in the back of the car on the show room floor and I picked him and then like 4 seconds out of the car he puked. OMG, could you imagine if he had done it IN the car.
Bless your heart, I hear ya. My daughter, who is 5, wrecks everything I have. And every time I clean something, it’s a mess again by the time I leave the room. Oh yeah, my Neato vacuum is broke now too – because she stands on it with her 60 pound body!
We’re not bothering to buy any new furniture or even a new car for a few years. It’s just not worth it when the kids are little. Hope you find a solution for your nice leather couch! Good thing ours is a vinyl POS. haha.
There’s a reason why my husband calls our 18 month old “Wreck It Ralph.” He wakes and sets off on a path of destruction. Even if I think I have obstacles in place and this put away out of reach, Wreck It finds something else to seek and destroy.
Although, the older two also do their fair share … which is why I ended up with window cling paint on my carpet, kitchen floor, dining table, wall and window seat Tuesday. THAT made me lose my $%!(*$)@!.
Same thing here. We find writing on the wall all the time. My kids have put holes in the wall, tiny puncture marks on our hardwood floors. Tons of broken toys etc. It never ends
Oh how I feel you. The boys destroy nearly everything nice I bring into the home. Even though I explain very clearly that these things are mine and not to touch them, it is like they just can’t resist themselves. If I had a solution short of duct tape, I would surely tell you.
Okay, the marker on the leather couch. I think I fixed that with fabuloso and my scum buster scrubber. If not, it was a can of scrubbing bubbles bathroom cleaner. Definitely one or the other. And yes, I cursed my husband for talking me out of natural leather (6 week wait) and into the white we have (2 day delivery)
I totally get it. Today I had someone poop under a table on the carpet and another one use a dry eraser on the carpet. Not cool. Lol!
Holy…crap? Poop under the table? Randomly? That made me laugh.
Well, I have a daycare at home. You never know what you’re gonna get. The little boy was “hiding” and pooping. But, it all came out the top of his pants. Fun times. You should have seen the mess I had to clean up this morning! What in the world do these parents feed their kids???!!?!?!?!?
We have them because someone has to take care of us when we are old
We used to have a fabric couch. I traded in for leather due to staining issues and dog hair and potty training and wellt he list goes on. My new couch just over a year old already has the back broken thanks to my 5 year old. For the couch have you tried leather touch up markers? I have seen them around for like minor tears in leather to colour in the tear. Maybe that would work to basically colour over the marker.
No whining about your bathroom please. I am the lone female in a house of 2 boys and a husband. I offered to eat the meal I hate for a week straight every month to move to a house with 2 bathrooms. We have not moved