Bam, take the amount of $$$ you would spend every day on the scratches and throw it in a jar...Every other Sunday take it out and you are a SURE WINNER!....save the $$ for a big ticket item.
I am employing the new method called "Whine and Clean".....every time i accomplish a major task I get to post it....bear with me....I've folded lots of boxes flat for recycling and put them OUT of the house....exposing more dust bunnies, scrubbed the stove and microwave above it...cooking drips and cat hair are mighty disgusting. washed and folded 2 loads of laundry....
my next major task involves scrubbing the cat box and vacuuming, then mopping floors and sanitizing kitchen counters....UGH!
going for more coffee.....