...construction once again rings through the halls of 3707 C- avenue, though this time minus those pesky contractors and laborers. Between the legal battle with J-, who abandoned the original contract he assuemed but abandoned it with money in hand, and R- who didn't finish the job we were using him for.....it seems time to take matters into our own hands.

With a little help from my friend (Beatles reference again, I know), the bathroom is approaching completion. Stephen and I completed demolition of the unsatisfactory floor in half a day, and promptly lay the proper and much more sturdy materials needed to support our heavy slate tile floor.

Oddly, it took two small contractor set backs to remind me that the excitement of us purchasing a home was for me to be doing much of the labor. There is a huge sense of satisfaction in watching it all come together. Today I'm hoping to sort and prep the tile, so that in a few days time I can lay it, then paint and prime and install moulding....voila, bathroom completed.

I find that Alexis and I are rather uncommon for people in our age. While so many of my similarly aged contemporaries have chosen the apartment life, or even townhomes or small "starter houses," we've taken on a minor mansion requiring love to nurse it back to health...and we're succeeding.

Stay tuned for picture updates as the bathroom saga comes to a close.