So, I'm tired of how the bathroom looks. I want to do a complete overhaul and I want to do it now!
But... even though I have the tile picked out, almost have an exact count of needed tile, know what vanity top I want, have a good idea of what color flooring needs to go in, have accouterments tabbed and bookmarked for purchase, and a surfeit of energy (for once) I am on hold for two weeks.
This will allow for Mike to (hopefully) get over his bout of the plague, have spoken at his event, and the girls to be firmly ensconced back in their mother's care. However, this helps me none with my frustration at being able to go forth on an interior project.
I would play in my pond except I worry that if I finished the cleaning at night the water would be too cold to allow for enough oxygen with the pump off for my koi. I hate doing real gardening after sundown. It's hard to see where I'm putting my feet and I worry almost overly much about close encounters of the reptile kind. *shiver* So that restricts most of my outdoor necessary items to the weekend... except that this weekend is almost completely a bust as I will be looking after the girls more than usual. Mom used to just tell us to grab a coat and a ball, put on our shoes and a hat, and toddle our boisterous bottoms outside but I have as little trust for them keeping out of the street as I do for Lily baby doing so.
I'd also like it if Mike would occasionally not take so long to not hint around things. I don't always get them (interestingly enough) especially if I'm already focused on something. Like when I'm taking the tile off the wall with some partial thought to see if Knox Rail Salvage has some sort of plan to offset cost of items if you can give them enough reasonably whole tile or some such. This hideous tile is also in the master bathroom so I think if I was careful I could salvage enough whole tile for some stylistically impaired person to covet it as their own.
...perhaps I should start on the master bathroom. Mike can't exactly say that it going through upheaval would impair him very much in the slightest right now...
That sounds like a plan. And I'm drunk enough now to just do it. (Thank you Yeungling and Mike's Hard Lemonade.)
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
bathroom
By Cicelie
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2 comments:
What Cicelie fails to grasp is that a bathroom project is not like bedroom project, or even a kitchen project. A kitchen project, at worst, has you eating out a few more nights a week. When the bathroom is down, there are no showers, baths, or ways to clean up before work.
The drywall needs to be replaced, the floor replaced, the tub raised. Hopefully no changes to the water works, but that may happen and require some soldering of pipes. Tile will take a day just to set, and then there will be a day for the glue and grout to dry - that alone makes this more than a weekend project. Time off from work needs to be taken so that the days without a shower are limited to less than a week, and don't stretch into a month. Papa's schedule needs to be clear as well, so he can be over at the same time.
What Mike seems to not realize is that I understand what a bathroom project entails, which is why I decided to vent in a blog post rather than IRL or do something rash like gather a couple of friends and take on however much we could get done in a couple of days.
I would not dream of trying any soldering or wiring work without Papa there. So >Þ
And don't be surprised about how you find the master bath is all I'm saying. You have forfeited all rights.
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