The Fourth Month

We are well into our fourth month and the remodeling is progressing slowly. I finally painted the entire room and master bath. My husband has tiled the shower but now we are waiting for the double sink vanity to be finished. The cabinet makers told me they would be ready in maybe another 2.5 weeks. It's been about 2 months since I put the order in and we can't put in the tile floor nor the engineered hardwood floor in the bedroom until the vanity is finished. I have been running around ordering sinks, faucets, shower heads, shower doors and the wood floor. I can't believe how expensive the bathroom is becoming. The faucet fixtures themselves were $900.00 alone. The shower door I wanted would have been another $800.00 but I settled for a less expensive model. On top of that, my money market account fired off a warning letter that I was withdrawing too often as there was a 6 withdrawal limit per month. Obviously, I did not read the small print when I signed up and I was sweating bullets because I thought they would send my checks back unpaid. Thankfully they did not but now I have to charge everything so I can pay it off in one lump sum. Next I have to stain the French doors and closet doors. I decided to get unfinished closet doors and I hope I don't regret the decision. It was either that or mirrored or white doors. I just made more work for myself.

My family reunion cruise is not looking so hot either. I have been working with a travel agent and have called Costco and another outfit trying to get the lowest rates. Looks like we don't have enough people to get the group discount. Costco gave us the best rate for the 3 day cruise to Mexico but still it will be a lot. About $1500 for a family of four and that does not include airfare. My brother pointed out that we can stay on land in a hotel with meals for about 1/2 that price. Trying to find something that fits everyone's budget is going to be tough.

Try the Toilet Out First in the Showroom

We finally got our toilet in to replace the one that almost flooded out our house. I can't get my tile for another 2 to 3 weeks so I told my husband to install the toilet so that we can use it. Well, it went in and I was disappointed. The beige color, I knew was going to be a little darker than my shower but in the bathroom light it also appeared yellower than my shower too. Also my paint job which did finally come out, matches the shower color but not so much the toilet. Ugh! I can't believe it. Can anything else go wrong? I guess I should not complain. Somehow, I will figure out how to tie it all together.

Not only was the color off but the toilet was massive in size compared to the old one. It also sits up a lot higher. Testing out the toilet, I thought I was sitting on a throne. The shape of the toilet seat is a lot more oval than my old one and it just did not contour to the shape of my seat very well. I liked how the toilet looked in the showroom but it never occurred to me to actually sit on it and try it out first. I thought a toilet was a toilet but I guess I was wrong!

Ran Out of Paint

My toilet tank cracked in the middle of the night and started to leak. Luckily, I was awake and heard it so a big flood was prevented. Now we don't have a toilet in the small bathroom. I decided to start painting since it will be easier to do the wall without the toilet in but I ran out of paint. I am going to have to make a run to Lowes tomorrow.

Also had to find a toilet replacement that was not going to take 8 weeks. We found one but it's a slightly different shade than my sink. We ended up buying a sink too so that they would match.

I sent in my carpet and linoleum samples for asbestos testing. Let's hope that my house is asbestos free.

The joys of remodeling.....