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Dear Reader,
It's a bigger project than I'd imagined and it's a first for me--painting my toilet seat.
Yes, I know the stores are filled with brand new, easy-to-attach toilet seats at a reasonable price. But the toilet seat in my bathroom fits the style of my 1925 home, and it was there when my husband and I moved in. The seat on the toilet is styled like a work of art. And like a fine work of art, I discovered the cost of replacing my toilet seat (gasp) is way, way ($180) out of the range of my pocket book.
My toilet seat isn't broken, it's just worn in places which makes it look like it's not clean. So I Googled the problem and informed my husband that I was going to paint the toilet seat. I knew, from past experience, as soon as I announced I was headed to the bathroom to take the seat off our toilet, my husband would step in and take over the project.
Since I 'asked' my husband to do the job, I couldn't very well complain the other day, when I saw the top and bottom of our toilet seat, hanging down on strings from the rim of our basketball hoop. My husband said he had to find a way to let the paint dry, without leaving marks, and that if the neighbors asked, we should tell them it's modern art. Our basketball hoop is way in the backyard, but anyone walking or driving by, could clearly see two pieces of a toilet seat blowing in the wind.
When I was looking online for the price of my toilet seat, I got a toilet seat education. Did you know...
There's a big and tall seat store with a Big John Toilet Seat? ("For big and tall size consumers.")
Your seat can have an integrated fan and deodorizing system. (Now my behind can smell as fresh as a baby's bottom. Whoops, I think it's 'soft as a baby's bottom.' Maybe there's a toilet seat that applies baby lotion, too?)
Church and Eljer Emblem square-front toilet seat companies invite you to sit a spell on their Zen-inspired colors. Biscuit and Linen will relax and ease your visit to the throne.
Kohler's slogan says they're "always ready to meet the needs of any job, and it's still the best seat in the house." Whisper close seats, padded, heated, and treated to form to your hiney, round or elongated styles, grip tight toilet seats, and pure fresh scent toilet seats, too. A nightlight toilet seat with a soft blue light, and a quiet close. "Shhh!" So as not to wake anyone, or stumble over the cat.
You can wave good-bye over the top of some toilet seats, and it's magic! They flush by themselves. "Good-bye old friend."
And finally, the future is almost here. A personalized toilet seat that will cheer you on! "Suzanne, Suzanne, she's on the can, if she can't do it, nobody can!"
'nuff said...
...but of course I have a photo of my husband's modern art, blowing in the wind.
Go to: http://www.emailbookclub.com/photo/Modern-Art.html
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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