Almost done!

Here's an update on the bathroom process. We have a shower!! Woohoo! You have no idea how excited we are about this b/c more tiles in the downstairs bathroom continue to fall! Plumbers came about a month ago and installed at the pipe work. Then we set to tiling the bathroom. This was a fun experience. I really enjoyed it. As long as I could keep them straight. Mostly I liked playing with the thin-set.

The most difficult part was the cut tiles. We rented a saw from a local place in town and had it from Friday afternoon to Saturday morning. Tony worked all day Friday trying to take measurements and getting the tiles cut. We realized later that it would have been much easier to do with two people. This way one could double check that if fit right. On top of that, Tony froze his butt off using the wet saw and by the time I got home from work he was ready to stop for the day.

Since we had a few more tiles to cut we decided to get up early on Saturday and get these done before our 10:30 deadline to have the saw back and only get charged for one day.

So we got up early ready to go. However we had a nice surprise when we went to cut more tiles. It never occured to us that it was really cold outside and we have a saw that requires water to work properly. Needless we found out that the water tubes to the saw were froze! Something we did not plan on. This took some much needed time out of our short schedule. So after a couple of buckets of hot water and a hair dryer or two we got the saw back in proper working order.

The rest of the morning was a busy blur but we made it. Some of the tiles could of been done better but overall I believe we are statisfied with our first tiling experience.

Tony grouted and sealed the whole bathroom. I found out that I wasn't as good at this but I did try grouting on very, very, small part.

All that is left is painting, installing the new vanity and faucet, medicine cabinet, and other finishing touches. I can't wait!

On a side note, I received some good news at work this week. I received a promotion and I will be moving across the street to the corporate office. I look forward to the challenges, excitement, as well as the summer hours it brings ;)