Serenity Now!

Just needed to share what is happening in my home right now. We are having two bathrooms redone at one time. Apparently that seemed logical at some point. Here is a picture of my relaxing tub.

Doesn’t it just scream “tranquil retreat?” Yes, it does. And I think I’ve got it now, but the first middle-of-the-night when I forgot about the remodel and stumbled into our bathroom…well, I think I’ve got it now.

Oh, you must see the wallpaper we are ripping down. While I think I might appreciate the aesthetics of it if I were an elderly woman, I’m just not quite there yet. And although it is putting up a fierce fight to cling to the wall, I will get it all down. I will. And I’ll get it’s strong-willed friend, Coordinating Border, down as well.

And here is a picture from Riley’s bathroom.

Let me tell you, there is nothing funnier to a 5 and 7-year-old than a toilet sitting in a shower. They could laugh for hours over this. Me, on the other hand? Not so much. While I can appreciate the Dr. Suess Wacky Wednesday-like quality of the scene, the thick gray dust and six of us currently sharing one shower and two toilets has my humor taking a little break. It’s just not that funny, people.

But I have a dream. A dream that one day I will not be tied to my house all day long, and I will have floors…and toilets that sit on little holes with plumbing. A dream that my family will once again be able to breathe after treatment for tile-dust-induced lung infections. A dream that everyone will be placed into their rightful showers. Then I will never again take for granted the glory of the un-demolished bathrooms. At least not for a long while.