We're waiting for the plumber to fix our shower and sink. The shower is the more complex fix that requires turning off the building water (and NOW I know where the water cutoff valve is! Only 11 months into home ownership.

Our bathroom remodel started today and the demo team has just about ripped everything out. We discovered lots of fun leaks we didn't know were happening before! The subfloor under where the toilet used to be is almost black! Hooray!

continue to tweak (almost said "twerk") the cocktail of drugs

Twerk! That! Cocktail!

We discovered lots of fun leaks we didn't know were happening before! The subfloor under where the toilet used to be is almost black! Hooray!

Woo! Fungus among us!

The tub is fixed and Jack the Plumber gave it a happy cheer like the 49ers just scored a touchdown. He was this close to throwing up his arms ala Paul Gross. "Yeah!" Now he's muttering about the sink, but he already improved the water pressure from the faucet by cleaning out gunk in the hose.

Twerk! That! Cocktail!

::shakes chemical booty!::

When do you have a slot available for me to visit?

Still haven't scheduled the rest of this round of chemo, and I have to factor in visits from JZ's mom and Matilda's spring break. That said, as soon as we sort out March/April/May calendar I'll give you some dates.

Tell Jen I say hi, if you get a chance to.

Yay plumber, yay garden apartment, fingers crossed for chemo. Yay Jen K and Emily!

Jessica I really want a new bathroom and am very afraid that if and when I ever get around to it that will be the outcome. (But also….finding a contractor and making those decisions and living through construction sounds like way too much work—can someone else just make all that happen and I’ll write the check?)

(But also….finding a contractor and making those decisions and living through construction sounds like way too much work—can someone else just make all that happen and I’ll write the check?)

This is where we are. Our sad bathroom needs remodeling desperately, and we've budgeted for it, but we can't quite get our shit together to plan it and pull the trigger.

Speaking of the bathroom, while I was waiting for articles to edit, I cleaned the aforementioned sad bathroom, washed a load of towels (including folding and putting away), made blueberry muffins, washed the dishes, took out the trash and recycling, and now I really really need to shower, but I should do some yoga first. Although now I kind of just want a beer.

Timelies all!

Sleepy...

Timelies all.

Blah. I have a cold, and a slight fever. The rapid Covid test is negative, but I made an appointment for a PCR test tomorrow, just in case. I don't teach on Thursdays, but might need to find someone to cover my classes on Friday, and that is going to be such a pain.

We found our fabulous contractor through Juliana's husband, Martin.

If you don't have Juliana's husband in your city, I recommend you talk to somebody (perhaps a real estate agent you trust) to recommend somebody. They usually have a list of people they like to work with.

Our sad bathroom needs remodeling desperately, and we've budgeted for it, but we can't quite get our shit together to plan it and pull the trigger.

It me! Between indecisiveness, executive function and the thousand little things that keep coming up, this project has been getting bumped for about three years now. (In the course of which quotes have risen considerably). I’m determined to do it this spring.

We discovered lots of fun leaks we didn't know were happening before! The subfloor under where the toilet used to be is almost black! Hooray!

Speaking of things coming up! This time what I thought was a pipe that froze and burst at the Wisconsin house turned out to be a joint in the original plumbing that corroded through. Fixing that led to the discovery of another leak and a possible issue with the underground pressure tank from the well.

All of which was actually much less of a problem than it could have been because we’ve been cutting the power to the well when we leave, so that we don’t have to monitor the weather or worry about (full circle) the freaking pipes freezing. So there was no water running through the system, and especially no water running through it for days or weeks before we were around to see there was a problem. But still a costly hassle that required two different companies to resolve.

And I did find out that my plumbers, who I like, are now also doing electrical and carpentry so maybe the bathroom thing will be easier.

Please wave some of the good plumber~ma my way, the plumber I called should be arriving any time now. Hopefully I will at least have a fully functional toilet and bathroom drain before the day is done. A working dishwasher and a washing machine that doesn't flood the laundry room when it drains would be bonuses, but I'm not counting on either.