Comments on: Poetry Friday and Big Birthday Bash week #2: George Washington http://farmschool.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-friday-and-big-birthday-bash-week-2-george-washington/ "There are two types of education... One should teach us how to make a living, and the other how to live." John Adams Mon, 28 Dec 2009 16:59:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Becky http://farmschool.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-friday-and-big-birthday-bash-week-2-george-washington/#comment-186 Becky Sat, 23 Feb 2008 17:53:00 +0000 http://farmschool.wordpress.com/?p=1006#comment-186 I do, she said honestly -- much better than kitchen remodels, especially because we have another bathroom (and only one kitchen!). And it helps that my husband is a carpenter who usually does this for others; the kids are thrilled to be able to help, and all were pounding nails in for the new plywood subfloor the other night :). The worst part is waiting for the painting to be done (after today's tiling) before installing the new toilet. I'm just not used to walking downstairs late at night or first thing in the morning, and having to remember my glasses, too. Also made more easy by the fact that we're just updating what my husband did 14 years ago, when it was a gross and disgusting 40yo bathroom. And one of these I will tell you about the hole in the kitchen wall, where the giant dogs in the house 20 years ago chewed through trying to get to their food. Or the disgusting unfinished basement from which my husband removed several dumpsters worth of junk. I don't think I would have agreed to live in this house if I had seen it "Before". I do, she said honestly — much better than kitchen remodels, especially because we have another bathroom (and only one kitchen!). And it helps that my husband is a carpenter who usually does this for others; the kids are thrilled to be able to help, and all were pounding nails in for the new plywood subfloor the other night :). The worst part is waiting for the painting to be done (after today’s tiling) before installing the new toilet. I’m just not used to walking downstairs late at night or first thing in the morning, and having to remember my glasses, too.

Also made more easy by the fact that we’re just updating what my husband did 14 years ago, when it was a gross and disgusting 40yo bathroom. And one of these I will tell you about the hole in the kitchen wall, where the giant dogs in the house 20 years ago chewed through trying to get to their food. Or the disgusting unfinished basement from which my husband removed several dumpsters worth of junk. I don’t think I would have agreed to live in this house if I had seen it “Before”.

]]> By: Sheila http://farmschool.wordpress.com/2008/02/22/poetry-friday-and-big-birthday-bash-week-2-george-washington/#comment-184 Sheila Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:15:27 +0000 http://farmschool.wordpress.com/?p=1006#comment-184 Don't you love bathroom renovations? (shrill and hysterical laughter ensues) I do, now that I'm on the other side of it. We redid our bathroom when we moved into this house, last March, mostly because it was, err, grossly decorated and I have trouble bathing in 40 year old bathtubs...(I know, SO hard to get along with). Now I love our bathroom. I love it so much I wouldn't let my boys pee in it for the first month. Good luck with yours! Don’t you love bathroom renovations? (shrill and hysterical laughter ensues)

I do, now that I’m on the other side of it. We redid our bathroom when we moved into this house, last March, mostly because it was, err, grossly decorated and I have trouble bathing in 40 year old bathtubs…(I know, SO hard to get along with).

Now I love our bathroom. I love it so much I wouldn’t let my boys pee in it for the first month.

Good luck with yours!

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