I'm thankful this week for Ben's time off. Our house is in a self imposed state of chaos. Ben has ripped out the master bathroom sink and shower tile, sheet rock and several studs leaving exposed the naked pipes, outside wall of the house, mold and mildew and a few ants. We knew the mold was there because it had filled up the entire wall and was literally coming out at the seams, from the tile grout, at the baseboard by the tub, the wall next to the tub. The Black had nowhere else to go but out so that's what it did, signaling to us that it was time to quit bleaching. It was time to rip it out.
We've chosen a sheet marble like replacement which will be coming in about a week's time to be glued over the new studs and sheet rock. Ben is the handy man so he's doing all the grunt work, removing the old, and nailing up the new, preparing the wall for the marble guys to come and install our new sink and shower walls. We're hoping our existing tub will pull through.
Hannah has asked us repeatedly "what happened to your bathroom?". I thought one of Ben's answers was interesting. "Sometimes we have to break things before we can fix them."
My contribution to the project has been of course to keep the chaos down to a dull roar. Our other bathroom is equipped with a hand held shower hose thing that comes out of the faucet. We don't have a conventional shower head so hygiene has not been a problem, just a bothersome change in routine.
When it's time for us all to fall in bed, I find a new place for "clean laundry" and graduate the pile of "worn once" clothes to the floor. Cleaning the kitchen is an ongoing activity. If I can just keep Nathan from climbing into the dishwasher or jumping off the kitchen table or throwing away my Tupperware, I'm still in charge! I'm trying to keep the kids occupied, myself sane-yes blogging is a creative outlet!- and Ben fed. I thought pancakes would be a good start for the Thanksgiving week so I made a big batch Sat. morning.
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