Monday, September 19, 2011

Bathroom restoration!

Saturday - 
Finished buying all the stuff needed for the light bathroom remodel. 50's sears medicine cabinet torn from the wall. Ugly sink and counter top torn from the wall (mouse nest found underneath with nibbled wall damage). Walls got two coats of primer after I sanded everything down. Mirror was hung with only a minor amount of finaggling. Pedestal sink was assembled and put up, new piping installed and it leaves a TON more space to maneuver in the bathroom. Before it looked like an after thought with the toilet so close to the tub you could knock your knees on it, garish sink/counter, obtrusive metal cabinet that jutted out into the room about 2.5 feet and rusty medicine shelves. It already looks ages better. The caulking around the tub is still bad, the FIP board in the actual shower is yellowed and stained, the linoleum looks like pee... but it's livable! The bf still thinks he's going to move the toilet to a different wall so that one may defecate with the luxury of having your legs properly in front of you... but I don't think that's ever really going to happen. Oh, and we hung new towel racks. All in all, great work for one day. I really felt that I needed to reward him, and of course that would be sexually, but we were exhausted and I really don't want to have sex with him anymore. This was a good day.

Sunday - I cleaned all day. Organised the cabinets in the kitchen, did loads of laundry which I also folded and put away. Sorted through my jeans between work, regular and goodwill (actually giving up several pairs, including jeans I'd salvaged from the trash pile my husband left of the kitchen floor when he moved out. Quite an accomplishment. Cleaned the laundry room, picked up the bedroom, motivated the bf to hang the hooks back up in the bedroom that fell down, changed the bed sheets, took all my vitamins and helped cook dinner. I ate a bowl of cereal, milk (120 calories) and had a bowl of pasta/red sauce/mushroom. I all it was a good day.

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