Marriage Rules

Before anyone gets married, I think that there should be a rule that the prospective husband and wife should be made to complete a home remodeling project together. If they can live through the ENTIRE project without killing each other, live in the same house together, go to work, complete normal house chores and still like each other, then they should be allowed to get married. Ed and I have completed one such project. Well, I guess technically it's not complete. There's still trim to put around the built in cupboard and we still need a new door.

Two years ago, Ed bought me a claw foot bathtub for my birthday. I LOVE it. However, this claw foot bathtub turned into an entire master bath remodel. I mean really, how can you just take out an old bathtub and put in a nice white, new one and not change any of the other almond colored things in there? Well, and since you have the toilet, sinks, and shower out, you may as well get a new vanity and counter top. Oh, and since we have the vanity out, why don't we tile the floor?

Hmmm....

The newest project is the front bathroom remodel. This one HAD to be done. Ed was under the house rearranging our cable stuff so that we could get cable Internet into our office when he hears an ominous "drip, drip, drip".

Crap.

He found that our guest bathroom shower was leaking inside the wall and dripping down under the house. The insulation was soaked and falling and it was a huge mess. Thank God I have a husband who is talented and has the gumption to fix things! He was able to cap everything off and stop the leaking. (this was last September!)

At Christmas time we figured out that we'd have to rip out the tub/shower combo in order to fix the leak. Thank goodness we did that because the connections behind the wall were only finger tight and pulled apart when he barely touched them. (double yikes)

So here we are again, with no bathtub/shower in the guest bathroom and at a quandary as to what to do. You all know! You can't put in a brand new, white tub/shower combo without replacing the toilet, sinks, vanity, flooring, doors... Yes people! We are again in the middle of a bathroom remodel.

This one is going much smoother as we sort of know what to expect and have bought as much as we can before hand, therefore reducing our trips to Home Desperate and Blows.

And guess what? I still like my husband! For as much as we DON'T think alike, we are working pretty smoothly together. I think that we would have passed the marriage test, if it were required!

Oh rats... I've got to go. Ed needs help hanging a door...