After

In a fantasy world: An' then, we waved a couple hundred bucks around, and magically there was a new sink!


In the real world: We spent two to three hundred bucks, patched the hole in the wall with drywall, joint compound and leftover paint, soldered the new drain pipe to the floor pipe, drilled holes in the floor of the new vanity and threw everything together. And shimmed it up. And screwed it into the wall. And got all the pipes to fit together... barely. Oh, and we added shutoff valves for the water lines under the sink, so if we need to mess with the faucet again it'll be easy! So far, no leaks. Eep.

The faucet is a Moen, by the way. And we got a plug style drain because unlike a plunger drain it works. Also, the sink just sits on top of the vanity. No glue or nothing. The weight and the pipes hold it together. Its vitreous china and about half the weight of the old sink. Or less.

For a before picture, see previous post.

Lookit our Pretty Bathroom!

It's a new style. I call it "the Derelict look."


So... uh... hopefully we'll fix this this weekend. Stupid rusty sink. Stupid decrepit drain pipe. Stupid non-matching faucets.

As you can see, the old wall appears to have been that fake tile/molded plaster stuff we've got down in the kitchen. It was painted yellow. Le sigh.

By the way, its worth zooming in on this.

Snowy snow snow!

Snow! We gots about two feet. Much less than to the east, but still. Snow! Bwahaha!

Kitties, Daffodils and the Icicles of Death!

Not at the same time, of course.

First, Oro in their new bed.


Oro suddenly decided he liked Meara's bed, but Meara did not approve and smacked him on the head. So, I brought in her other bed and set it next to him and she got right in. :P


Success with my forced bulbs!

And scary killer icicles of death! Some of these were sharp, too. Patrick's knocking them off right now.