Bathroom Bonanza: Day 6
The project rages on… and I still can’t shower in my own home. It’s OK, but it’s definitely wearing thin. After considerable time monkeying with the electrical outlet, the contractor started on the floor. One thing I didn’t bargain on was the fact that the tiles have so much color variation — not that it’s...
Bathroom Extravaganza: Day 5
It seemed like Friday was plumbing day, so most of the contractor’s time was spent installing the plumbing tub drain and putting in the shower pipes. Before he left, he closed it all up with cement board. Pictures of Day 5: New PVC pipes under the tub. Fancy color-coded plumbing. He also spackled but you...
Bathroom Bonanza: Day 4
Well, it didn’t seem like much happened on Day 4 by just looking at the pictures, but I swear the contractor was making a lot of noise for a good part of the day! Also, the replacement part that I ordered came in a day early and he was able to get the tub in...
Bathroom Bonanza: Day 3
I’m going to start off this post with a little story about my cat, Bella. I assure you, it’s totally related! Yesterday morning at 5am, while Mike and I were still slumbering away, we awoke to a ruckus in my closet — which is on the opposite wall behind the bathroom, and used to be...
Bathroom Bonanza: Day 2
The tearout continues, and as usual there were some unexpected glitches. 1. The floor under the toilet needs a total replacement because of existing water damage. The floor boards were all rotted out. 2. There’s now a hole in the dining room wall from a piece of tub shrapnel. 3. The wrong part was ordered...
Bathroom Bonanza: Day 1
So the contractor started on the bathroom yesterday. Hurrah! I’m very excited to have an updated lavatory, but the excitement is bitter-sweet. With the future of our monetary situation being so up in the air, I can’t help feeling a bit remorseful starting this project. By the time I was laid off, I was already...
Lavender Loathing
I suppose enough time has passed since the last remodeling debacle for the sheer frustration of the whole thing to dissipate and for us to even think about undergoing a new phase of remodeling: the master bath. We moved in more than 5 years ago, but one room we vowed to change the moment we...
Halloween 2008
Another Loftus Halloween shin-dig is over, and I think everyone (hosts included) had a great time! We may have over-estimated the amount of food needed, but it turned out well and certainly no one went hungry. The number of folks in costume has dwindled, but those who did dress up did an awesome job! Here...
Holy Hornets Batman
Over the past week or so I thought it was odd that there were a couple of dead wasps in the bathroom sun tunnel. I told Mike we should probably look into it. That’s the last I thought about it, until yesterday. Standing at the top of the stairs, I could hear an awful sound...
Thank God For Roomba!
Over a week without a post! I am ashamed. It’s not like I didn’t have things to recount — like how I got wasted on Limoncello on the 30th and had to take it easy on New Year’s Eve — or the lazy parenting skills of a couple at Outback Steak House who plopped their...
We're Homeowners!
Even though we had a bit of a crimp in the schedule, we were able to close on the house by the end of October. And just in time too! We closed the afternoon of Halloween, and so to celebrate, we went to the empty house with Phaedra and Lance, ordered a pizza and handed...
