Paint + Carpet = Mess

I'm sure you can tell by the title that this is going to be a fun post. :) Last night, my little guy was in the kitchen and I could hear a tearing noise. I thought to myself "Oh great, what is he destroying now!" I went into the kitchen and he was tearing the label from a gallon of paint I had on the floor. No big deal, right? So I quickly grab the can of paint away and as I do that, it spills because apparently whomever was painting did not secure the lid properly. I'm not going to name names, but I'm pretty sure that person is very sorry that she didn't double check the lid before she placed it on the floor. So, my poor little guy is sitting in paint. He was wearing a pair of paints that we had just bought him (they were nothing special, but it's the idea that he had never worn them before that bothered me the most). I stripped his pants and scurried him and the "girls" (dogs) into the livingroom and quickly trapped them in there. I looked at the floor wondering what I needed to do to save the floor and hopefully prevent my husband from killing me. Now, keep in mind, that we have absolutely hideous carpet in the kitchen that would actually look better with paint on it. But I was not about to paint the entire floor before supper!! I decided I needed a squeegee and something to squeegee the paint into. I couldn't find my squeegee, so I used a small cutting board and an ice cream pail to catch as much paint as possible. Being the tightwad I am, I pit the paint back in the can. I figured the floor wasn't that dirty, so the paint could be used again. After I took as much as I could off the carpet, it was still a mess. I grabbed a wet rag and started scrubbing, but soon realized that was going to take FOREVER and I still needed to finish supper. So I then decided to pour water on the paint and use the shop vac to suck it up. This worked quite well if I do say so myself. My hubby didn't even notice when he got home. I can see the spot, but it is definitely an improvement. And the pants you ask? Well, I through those in the washing machine right away and it looks like I may be able to salvage those too. What a day!