i have a new name for the ‘worst character ever’

and it’s not ‘towlie‘, it’s TILE-Y.

i think i threw down a few pix of the tile in the

master bath just before i had actually done the

grout…

let’s all think about that word…’grout’.

it’s almost offensive.

it sounds dirty.

hell, it sounds like some sort of CONDITION.

‘hey man, you’re not lookin’ too well, everything ok?’

‘nah, man i got the GROUT. it’s tearin’ me up.’

‘duuude, sorry, yo.’

well, when we did the grout (eeeeeuw)

in the master bath i ran out of one kind and

in my haste ran to the store, grabbed a thing of

‘white tile grout, unsanded‘ and went back to work.

well the stuff i got was ass. (sorry mom)

it was more like a tub of ‘tub and tile caulk’.

totally vinyl, still pliable (two weeks later).

so tonight i am getting rid of it.

here are some smashing pix of the work.

grout removal

it’s not obvious from the pic how different

the old (good) grout and the different (crappy)

grout looks and performs, well here’s a better

view :

and if you ever have to do this little task,

don’t go and buy the $10.00 tool to the left,

(and i know most of you are pretty familiar with tools)

use your 5-way. it’s only about 10,000%

more effective.

almost there on the kitchen.

last night we put the remainder of the

shelving up and erin got after arranging

all of the dishes and such.

i promised pix. and pix i shall deliver.

kitchen cabs 1

kitchen cabs 2

and here’s a bit of a close-up of the bracket we went with.

now if we can get the hood up, this little portion of

the project can be wrapped.

no…not ‘rapped‘.

finishing the last few tiles in the master

bath is next on my agenda, and i better

get started.

more like ‘post ghosties’.

you old-school MAD readers will ‘get’ that last.

sorry i haven’t posted in a while,

we are still making progress but since it all seems

to look too similar the photos have been lax.

the upstairs bath is just about finished,

we only lack the shower curtain to make it

fully-functional.  the downstairs is slowly

becoming clear of clutter and tools.

we are going to put the shelves up in the

kitchen tonight so i’ll be sure and get some

pics of that to show everyone.

we also installed a new light over the dining

room table area.

then we installed another light over the dining

room table area.  moved the previously-installed

fixture to the foyer which i will hook up tonight.

soon we are going to get some help on cabinetry

from one of our family’s old friends/acquaintances,

the venerable SMG Alan Dunn.  also known as

‘the best damn carpenter EVER’.  the SMG has

more tools than a NASCAR race and could make

a board look like a sheepshank.  we’re hoping to hire

him to do the AV wall cabs and another piece in the

bedroom where the olde vanity was (in the bedroom).

In the BEDROOM!?  what is this a freakin’ hotel.

scratch that.  more like a MOtel!….

vanity in the bedroom…gimme a break.

ok,

i haven’t posted in forever and it will

seem like there’s little to even report.

but we’ve gotten moved in,

everything in storage is now in the haus.

i won’t bore you with details of the move

save this: two hours 15 minutes.

i’d like to thank the academy-

wait, no… i’d like to thank dr. amanda keen-zeebert

and her husband konah. cheryl hughes and her sister

my an-brenna. u-haul and so on. it went swiftly and

was relatively painless.

and since we’ve managed a few things.

here is what i did today.

and here’s what the kitch looks like since finish-time:

and hopefully the bath will turn out well…

we shall see.

‘look this is not as easy as it looks.

so if you don’t mind not distracting me?’

this last week we have been working on kitchen

cabs and have gotten the floor upstairs near-to-finished.

master bed new floor II

it was 100+ degrees today and i spent a good portion

of the afternoon with a worm-drive circular saw

in one hand, and a tape in the other, with a

carpenter’s pencil crammed in my visor…

it was a bit humid.

i was a bit swarthy.

hell i was really swarthy: i went through about

a gallon of water in two hours.

i think it straight-up went from jug,

to mouth,

to shirt.

but we did manage to get the wood down and

tonight erin got the sealer on so tomorrow it’s

polyurethane and finish the kitchen sink.

over the last few days we’ve only managed to get a few things

done (or so it would seem) erin has been staying busy during

the day and we’ve both gotten to the point of being pretty

worn out all the time. but we have made some strides so here’s

the pix.:

got in some cabinets

installed some fixtures &

finished the chalk-board wall

finished some appliance install

and that’s about it. of course, we’re doing all of this with plenty

of help and watchcare …

here’s a shot of the temporary entertainment wall and

the sleeping accommodations. sneaky cat.