So my husband decides it is time for us to move on up and get a piece of the pie. This means we must renovate our wonderful happenin' super groovy '70s home, in order to sell it at a primo price. This means that a bathroom redo that was supposed to take 3 days has become the 3 week nightmare. Like pregnancy, one must not dwell on 'dates' I have learned. Yesterday was a triumphant one, in that the 3 week overdue baby was in fact done. The shower curtain is hung, the lucky bamboo strategically placed. It is sublime. Yesterday the demolition of the 2nd bathroom began. When I say demo, I mean ripping out all the tile on the floor and shower surround. This creates a wonderful dust that coats everything in my home with it's lovely patina. This one is going much faster because the crackheads are not the ones working on it. You know you have to give the crackheads a chance. Well they had their chance, what with painting over nails in the wall and dripping paint on my floors. Ernest, I will miss your vacant stares as I explain that you neglected to spackle the gouges in the den's paneling. And the nail holes in the fireplace mantel. I will miss your fetid breath as you explain how you have done this for 17 years.
Anyway, we have yet one more bathroom to go,for a total of three whole modernized bathrooms, and then there is the painting of the rest of the interior, changing light fixtures (I was informed that brass is crass),doorknobs (what the heck?) and recarpeting three bedrooms. Am I supposed to live in this squalor during this renaissance? What's wrong with a little 70's chic anyway? I am already sick of this mess, everything in boxes or shoved to the middle of the room. My only consolation is that we are building a Mah customized home. This is a dream come true for me. Back in the trailer park I'd have never figured I'd get some of the 'pie'.
So about the time my dream is finished, which is supposed to be in the fall, I will have married off my oldest son to a sweet young lady and sent child # 4 to college. Busy summer.
Oh, and here's our little piece of the pie eh, mud. Our mud.
5 comments:
Mmmm...mud pie! :)
I'm so happy for you! How awesome is your pile of dirt?! lol Seriously though, aren't you so proud of it?
Glad to see an update. I've been wondering about you.
Hey Mah! No wonder you have been absent. Look at all the trouble you've gotten into. I'm glad you will get your piece of pie. I won't get mine until DH is done with Duke. But I can wait a little longer. I've had contractor woes before, like catching one of them peeing on my house... NICE!
Here is a remodeling tip:
Nothing goes better with painting rooms than a big juicy cheeseburger and a supersized soda! I could bring it to you, if you want!
BTW, you look great!
Hey, I thought the 70’s look was back in style???????
Congrats on moving on up!!!
Happy V day to my favorite Mah! From one over worked underpaid mom to another!!
When my family gets done with this stomach plague, I will take you up on that lunch Amy!
My stance is also pro on giving crack heads chances! Best of luck with your HGTV pregnancy! You're looking smoking now a days..even next to a pile of dirt. WOO HOO!
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