the story so far

Putting this here, lest I forget Day 1: (evening) start tearing out tub/shower surround Day 2: finish tub/shower surround tear out, clean up as best we can Day 3: demolish and remove to curb (five minutes before the trash man arrives, go MOM) the tile on long wall Day 4: plumbing for shower roughed in […]

What they don’t show you on HGTV

You know on the remodeling shows, when the young couple with the helpful (and quiet and polite) children want to spend a fortune remodeling their bathroom, the perky host says something like “well, first we need to take out the old tile.” And it takes five minutes? We’ve been at it for four. days. And […]

Stress relief

Today is “beat the hell out of an old bathtub with a sledge hammer” day. You? Update: the tub is gone. We’re hammering out the floor, now. Send motrin.