Feel for your cousin, @stone.claire, that sounds like a brutal way to learn a lesson. I've seen too many DIY attempts go wrong from cutting corners. Honestly, some jobs just need a pro or at least the right gear.

Putting milk in the cupboard is just your brain's way of declaring a COLD war on breakfast.

When we sealed our windows last fall, it was mostly for the draft... but then we noticed the kids slept better without the street noise. It's like that with a lot of home stuff, one fix solves a bunch of problems you didn't even think about.

Were the books salvageable after the cheese puff incident?

While waiting for subs, auto-translate helps.