When You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Did anyone read that book as a kid? When you give a mouse a cookie, then he wants a glass of milk. When you give a mouse a glass of milk then he wants a napkin. And so on and so forth. I have my own version of that taking place at our house. It is called "When You Give Jay a Project". When you give Jay a project and leave for the weekend you come home and a wall is gone! When you give Jay a project he never takes the easy way out, which creates more work for both of us. When you give Jay a project he makes me work until it is done. Big Meanie. :-) Good thing one of us is focused, otherwise the remodel might never get finished. Here is a project update:

• Both bedrooms are complete i.e. new windows (trimmed out), carpet gone, textured, painted. Now they are just waiting for new carpet. (Okay, this isn't the complete picture, but you get the idea.)

• The bathroom is complete and just waiting for new flooring. (The entire house will be re-floored shortly before we move so it doesn't get all beat up.) I think I mentioned I loved the tile? I love this shower. It is not any bigger than a normal shower, but it feels like it.

• The wall between the kitchen and dining area is gone, gone, gone. As Jay said, "It was a lathe and plaster disaster!"



• Our living room is now residing in the second bedroom so that we can tape off everything and texture and maybe paint this weekend.

Chugging right along!