Making Some Headway!

Whew...what a BUSY weekend! Friday started with a huge step forward...water hook-up for a shower head in the main floor bath. Finally, we started feeling like we were headed in the right direction. And then...Mark started more demo. Yep, we must go down another layer to lay a good foundation for future work. For now, that means I have a great big hole in my bathroom floor. Mark plans on putting down a few layers of plywood so that the floor is good and sturdy to prevent our tiles from cracking in the future. The picture doesn't do it justice...you can literally stand in the doorway of our bathroom and see straight down into the basement. Mark is standing on the floor joist!!
While we were feeling pretty darn smug getting this far in the process, we must be brought back to reality. We noticed Saturday evening that we didn't have any hot water! Mark was beside himself trying to figure out what was wrong. The water heater is only 2 years old, for crying out loud! We worked through a number of scenarios, but without much experience in this area, we finally gave up and called the service guy

Enter...Mr Crabby Ass! The service guy showed up on Sunday morning and was not too happy about being here. He basically just came in, chastised us for the renovation debris around the heater, ran a few tests, told us it was not the water heater, argued with Mark for awhile, and left. Not helpful at all and just added to the stress

Mark decided to give the plumber a call to see if there was something that he did that might be causing the problem. We were sure that he didn't touch any of the lines going to the water heater. Following the plumber's step by step instructions over the phone, Mark found the problem (a mix-up by the plumber) and we were back in business again.

While Mark did demo and dealt with the hot water, I painted my little heart out. I finished the 2nd coat in the upstairs bath, painted a wall in the living room, all of our bedroom, and the staircase going downstairs. I even used the new ladder to get up into the top of the stairway...very terrifying for me! It was WAY up there

I am happy to report that there is no longer any pink or neon aqua in our house!! We also discovered that we are not "grey" people and that shortbread (creamy yellow) is the leading contender for our wall color in the kitchen. More pictures on finished product in future blogs.


That's it for now. This chick is heading for bed! Will have lots more pictures and updates next week!