Monday's Makeover

I slept pretty well last night and when I got up I felt pretty good so after I ate breakfast and read the paper I went out and raked and mowed the front lawn. It was still pretty damp from the dew, but I knew that if I had not gotten it done when I did, I would not have gotten it done.

Shortly after I finished, Kathleen went out to Home Depot to check on the tile there and whatever else she could find. She needed to get back before noon as Alyssa was bringing her boys over while she went to the urologist to have everything checked.

Shortly after she left Stan, one of our contractors came over and started to work, since I was helping him I needed to be here. Kathleen returned a little after noon and out other contractor, Jack, came over with the base for the new vanity. We are not going to install it yet, but he wanted us to have it so that when we tile we would have something to tile up to.

Today we pulled out the plywood that was at the top of the stairs, so that I could get at the wiring. Then we went to work on the bathroom. First we took the toilet out and then the sink and old vanity. Next we pulled out the old medicine cabinet and then the old linen closet.

Once we had everything out of the bathroom we started on the floor. We took up the linoleum and then the plywood and other flooring so that we got down to the joists. We found a little dry rot in the corner by the shower, so that is why we are going to replace the floor. The rest of it was just a bunch of pieces so we are going to use one piece and make it so that it is smooth, that way the cement board and tile will lay flatter.

By the time we got all that done it was around 1600, so I started sweeping up and then vacuumed the floor and stairs where we had been dragging stuff outside. Then I emptied the shop vac and the smaller pieces of wood, the nails and other junk that I did not want to vacuum up.

For diner tonight Kathleen used the rest of the roast, and boiled some noodles and added some peas. The she mixed some apple sauce and put some of the left over Jell-o on top. I had not stopped for lunch so I was really hungry, but I was also so tired that I could not eat much either.

Now that I have stopped for a while, I realize just how sore I am. Kathleen just left for Lowe's to pick up our fan/heater/light and hopefully a switch so that I do not need to put five switches into the same box.

Well, I am tired enough that I think that I will just say good night and hope that I will be able to get up tomorrow and take the old light, fan and canned light out of the ceiling early tomorrow morning.