bathroom reno

The previous owner of our house fancied himself handy and redid the bathroom. However, the genius put standard drywall in the shower which quickly started to grow mold. Gross. So, Dennis and I decided that it had to go and we committed to reno the bathroom. Now when I say we, I generally mean Dennis doing the hard labour and me giving the disapproving looks and moaning about how long its taking.

Here is what the bathroom started like:

The highlights you will quickly notice are the lovely linoleum flooring, the 70s style storage unit/mirror and the wainscoting.

Because of the mold Dennis literally took the entire bathroom apart.

At this stage I was having a massive panic attack, but I kept my cool on the outside.

For the new bathroom we decided on glass tile for the tub area - which we found out later is one of the most difficult to install - gray tiles for the floor, a new tub, a new toilet, new paint colour on the walls and a new mirror.

4 weeks, much complaining, many drives to and from Byron (we stayed with Sandy B while this was all being done), 100 trips to Home Depot, many charges to the Home Depot credit card later the bathroom was complete.
 

 
Now that's better. But next time I think we will just pay the experts.

decisions, decisions, decisions

I think I need a decision maker in my life. I need someone to tell me what to do so that I don't have to make the hard decisions my self. Don't get me wrong, I'm really good at telling other people what to do and what they should do, but when it comes to me - no idea. What gives? You would think that because I know myself best that those decisions would be the easy ones. But no! Not for me! I'm terrified of making one that I won't like, or that will disrupt me or challenge me a little too much. I want change, but I don't; I crave adventure, but I'm scared; I'm desperate to be brilliant, but I'm not. Why am I such a living contradiction. Just pick something. Anything!

Any volunteers for this thankless job? It is sure to bring verbal abuse, nasty moods and no you will definitely receive no thanks. Takers?

Anyone?

some people

Some people you just can't reason with. The last few weeks have taught me this valuable lesson. Despite how logical, rational, educated or experienced or not, some people will just never really listen with an open mind. They are too stubborn, jaded, proud, self-important - call it what you want.

What have I learned from this experience? To never knowingly be that way myself. To always at least try to listen; to admit when I am wrong regardless of how I might feel about it; never assume I know everything; and never treat people with less respect than I would treat my mother. Because if you do any of these things, you are the only one who ends up looking stupid. I really wish I could write this to the person that taught me these valuable lessons. I feel like I should thank her despite her being a moron. Oh sorry! I'll rephrase, it is my opinion today that she is a moron; but, I am open to her proving me wrong.

In the pursuit of self-awareness...