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It has taken me until Monday to report on the events of the weekend. It hasn't been particularly hectic, but we've had other things to do.
What was hectic was the hour prior to the start of the Solstice/Birthday Party. Susan felt she was waaaay behind which caused her great stress which was transferred to me.
Once the first guests started to arrive, Susan finally simmered down and had a beer.
Mom and about eight of her friends arrived by Limousine.
We figured out we had about 55 people at the house and at one point, they were all at the house at the same time. Then 9:00 arrived and we were down to about 15 folks. We all kind of puttered around and cleaned up. Before you knew it, everything was fairly tidy. We then settled down on the deck to drink and chat.
The great part of the party was the attendance of many of my cousins. Cheryl and Kerry Roberts, and Karla Peyton as well as all my sister Sherry's kids.
Sunday was a very mellow day which started with Brunch at Mom's.
We all met for one last time before everyone had to hit the road. Again, great to see EVERYONE!
We have had another major advancement in modern bathroom technology enhancement.
Shown above is a sink. It is a method of delivering water, on demand, to the operator of the sink. In this fashion, the operator may wash his (or her) face and hands, consume the aforementioned water, or just turn it on and let the water run for hours on end.
We will eventually change out this faucet. We would like something more old fashion looking, two handle cross tops with porcelain knobs.
But for now, and with the Solstice Party around the corner, this faucet will do
It was a true pleasure to take my morning constitutional in the main floor bathroom this morning. The floor was warm and the capacious setting brought serenity unto my personage. There was also the satisfaction of being in a room that we had a major hand in creating. And a little embarrassment at how long it has taken.
I left work an hour early today in order to get home and get some important preliminary work done in the bathroom. I had to get the bead board installed on the toilet wall. I did all the measurements and layout last night and got everything marked up. When I got home, all I had to do is get everything cut out.
Surprisingly, it all fit! Wow!!!
The other big obstacle was to remove the valve that supplies the toilet with water so I could place the bead board. That required the purchase of a crimping tool that tightens the ring around the valve. The tool cost $62.00 for something I will use once...maybe twice if I screw up. In reality, I used it once.
Anyway, all went well and the panel is in place.
The next task was to pull the old toilet out of the Carriage House and get it cleaned up. It was a mess.
Once the toilet was ready, it was a matter of placing the wax ring, putting the screws in place, and dropping the potty into position.
All went well and we have a working toilet on the main floor.
Our looooooooooooooooooong national nightmare is over.
The next thing to do is to see if we can make the sink work.
We had decent weather today and that allowed for some good progress in the bathroom.
We had a little more progress with the shower. We need our finishing tile, which should be in tomorrow. Then Ron will finish that one side of the shower so I can get the bead board up and get the toilet installed.
I also made some progress on the north wall with bead board. It is taking me some time to get each panel placed and fitted properly so I do not proceed quickly. But I am proceeding and with luck, we might have a sink installed with our toilet.
Man, are we getting hoitey-toitey or what?!
Please to take note of the photograph below.
You will notice that the shower tile is coming dangerously close to the wall box where the heater will be. We still have to add a decorative tile and a thin bull nose pencil tile to finish.
With the heater in that location, it wasn't going to work.
So Susan asked if there was any way to move the heater over slightly. We had already moved it once when we realized it was too close to the toilet. Well, we thought about it and came to the conclusion that we could screw a 2x4 to the stud and move the box over about an inch and a half.
And so, that is exactly what we did. Now we have enough room to make our tile design work.
I like it when we come up against a problem and Susan figures out a fix.
I think we are at another major milestone sign post delineation. We have begun the tiling of the shower.
This is how far we got today. When I say we, I of course mean Ron. He is our tile guy. Although, I did a lot of observing today and I think I can do it. I'm going to try and help out on Wednesday when Ron returns to finish.
There has been a slight break in bathroom activity. My heart has raised it's ugly ventricle and is giving me some problems. You can check out my other blog to get caught up on my health issues. www.porkymccorpulent.blogspot.com
I've been home all week and trying to do little projects here and there as I am able and feeling like it. I must admit that there have been lots of naps.
I shall report on my progress as I make some.
10:31AM: I have been addressing invitations to the upcoming Solstice party but I am taking a break to go out and buy more envelopes. I have to get some other grocery items as well so I'll probably do that now.
12:24PM: I have completed the addressing of the invitations. Time for a nap!
