But Emily, you have a one bathroom house. What are you doing while you remodel the bathroom?

Luckily, the original residents of our house installed very makeshift plumbing facilities in the unfinished basement. We think that a teenager lived in the basement at one point. We never had any reason to use said facilities until the day we accidentily began remodeling the bathroom. All it took was about $30 worth of plumbing to get it up and running.

It is not pretty. And it is cold. But if we didn't have it, I would be living with my parents while Chad could just step out into the backyard. Entertaining at our house is now limited to events where minimal beverages are served, and which last two hours or less. See what I mean?




Another hazard of remodeling is that you might kick your foot on a toolbox that is accidentily left in the hallway, and then have to hobble around and bail out on cross country skiing because your toe hurts. Right third toe, the bruise is halfway down my foot: