Busy Busy

I almost feel guilty for posting because we have a lot of things we are working on and I hate to be spending time at the computer instead of working. But this is the only attempt at journaling that I do, and I want to keep it fairly up to date. We have begun our home renovations. And, as is always the way with renovations, each little project turns into a big project. Our house is 40 years old so there are bound to be issues underneath the surface. We decided to update the bathrooms. At first we were just going to resurface the countertops and shower and strip the cabinets and restain them. But we started srtipping the cabinets and discovered that they were unstainable (the paint hides many things), and there were so many different coats of paint on them that stripping all of it was out of the question. So we broke down and spent money on new cabinets for the bathroom. Taking advantage of a 20% off instock cabinetry sale. After scraping the old dated tile off the floors we discovered mold in the walls. So we had to take out a lot of the drywall in the bathroom too. And when we took the toilet out the lid got broken and we haven't found where to buy just a tank lid and not a whole new toilet. We knew we'd have to invest some money in this project, but we didn't want to spend a lot because we felt that was too risky. Right now our bathroom is gutted, but we have gotten the new tile floors down (to Jake's credit). I have finished painting all of the wood deck railing and fencing and am starting painting on the shed and entryway. What has made a lot of this hard is that Jake has been working a lot. They have a big project that they have to get done at work and it has required him to work every weekend this month, there goes any and all time he could spend on the house. BUT he has this weekend off, so we hope to get more accomplished on our gutted bathroom. I feel bad that a lot of those big things are falling onto his shoulders. I really just don't feel like I am competent enough to handle those tasks, and Jake is meticuluous to the letter with his projects. There's our update. Hopefully there is more to report after this weekend!