Will you still come around?

Let me tell you a little story. Sometime this past January the hubs and I decided to paint our kitchen cabinetry. After that we decided to replace the overhead light fixture. I couldn't figure out why the light wasn't mounting correctly so I called my mom over to help. Fast forward about 3 minutes and I am missing part of the ceiling in the kitchen. About an hour after that, I had no ceiling. We ended up rewiring the kitchen, replacing the sheetrock on all the ceiling and walls, tiling... the whole shebang in about 3 weeks. I was NOT intending on gutting the kitchen but when my mom said "Bring me a hammer." all hell broke loose from there. I do love my kitchen now though so I guess in the end, it was worth all the callouses, the broken fingernails and sore bones.

The other day, my mom came over to show me how to wind a bobbin on my new sewing machine my grandmother gave me. Thank you a ton, Monar! Somehow we went from winding bobbins, to working on a patchwork quilt for my little guy to, somewhere along the way she says "Go get me a hammer." and she tears out part of the paneling in our bathroom. This was definitely on our to-do list, but it was pretty far down! We took down the awful paneling that had been painted 47 times and discovered a few things... huge holes, small holes, water damage, mold... At this point my chest was hurting and I thought I was going to have the big one. Not only did we take the paneled walls down, we took up 4 layers of flooring and the tub surround. We were doing some serious demo work over here. Yes, the neighbors love us!

I am now into Day Two of the project and of course I have taken photos along the way. It's just so gross and yuck I'm not sure you even want to see the progress. Would you? If not, I can wait and do the revealing when it's complete, which I hope is in 2 weeks or less. Who am I kidding? We have to replace subflooring, sheetrock, the tub, tile the enclosure, tile the floor, add beadboard, patch a billion holes, paint, accessorize... All I know is I hate taking baths and I need my shower back, like now!

So, do you want to see the nitty gritty? It's absolutely crazy what hides behind walls in a 50 year old house. It's embarrassing really. I'll show you though if you want... if you promise you'll still come back around!

I'm off to take a bath to wash the dust from mudding and sanding out of my hair. I'm lookin' a little gray.