another update of time and bathrooms
Jul. 24th, 2003 01:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kismet09Margaret's coming a week earlier, which is when Dad Connelly will be here, so it'll make for a house bursting at the seams for a 36 hour period, which should be fun -- 4 people, 3 dogs, in our house with 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, and bathroom construction happening downstairs. Will have to make the futon habitable so Margie has a place to sleep with the dog, since I don't think Sadie would do too well on the lofted bed, 5 feet in the air.
We have officially taken the washer and dryer out of the laundry room, which means no more washing clothes for me for at least a week. I know I have enough clothes to last a month, but I don't like the idea of not having the option to do laundry at home. We've also finished pulling up all the tile from the room, and I bought a book about bathrooms. I don't care too much about the carpentry and such - I'm just excited to get to design it. I think I'll do off-white tile for halfway up the walls, but make borders a tile up from the bottom and towards the top in different colors/textures, and then paint the tops in various complementary colors. Or maybe just one color. I only have about 2 walls to work with, so it may be fun to paint 'em different colors. We're also blocking view of the water heater and other stuff that takes up part of the space with louvered doors, so I'm hoping to get to paint them, too. The space is small, though, so I may have to stick with one color. Maybe off-white with various shades of green, or purple... will have to start making up some sketches :) anyone know of good websites to research interior designy things for bathrooms?
I've closed the door to my office. I always feel a little guilty when I do (and cut off, especially without a window). I'm trying to decide whether or not to take a long-ish vacation in August. I have to work Saturday, Aug 23. If I took vacation days for Aug 18-20, I could call Friday and Saturday duty days, work from home on Friday, and basically have off from August 15-22 on three vacation days, but would still have to actually do some work at home, writing and such. That sounds so nice... but things are so hectic the following week, I'm not sure if I can even afford that time off right now. I guess if I thought ahead and got things set up, I could manage it. And then I'd be home to help out with the bathroom construction, and have time to hang with Becca, assuming she'd had the baby by then (which I think she will have). But then it'll barely feel like a vacation, 'cause I'll be working on bathroom and babysitting the whole time.
Where is my summer going?
We have officially taken the washer and dryer out of the laundry room, which means no more washing clothes for me for at least a week. I know I have enough clothes to last a month, but I don't like the idea of not having the option to do laundry at home. We've also finished pulling up all the tile from the room, and I bought a book about bathrooms. I don't care too much about the carpentry and such - I'm just excited to get to design it. I think I'll do off-white tile for halfway up the walls, but make borders a tile up from the bottom and towards the top in different colors/textures, and then paint the tops in various complementary colors. Or maybe just one color. I only have about 2 walls to work with, so it may be fun to paint 'em different colors. We're also blocking view of the water heater and other stuff that takes up part of the space with louvered doors, so I'm hoping to get to paint them, too. The space is small, though, so I may have to stick with one color. Maybe off-white with various shades of green, or purple... will have to start making up some sketches :) anyone know of good websites to research interior designy things for bathrooms?
I've closed the door to my office. I always feel a little guilty when I do (and cut off, especially without a window). I'm trying to decide whether or not to take a long-ish vacation in August. I have to work Saturday, Aug 23. If I took vacation days for Aug 18-20, I could call Friday and Saturday duty days, work from home on Friday, and basically have off from August 15-22 on three vacation days, but would still have to actually do some work at home, writing and such. That sounds so nice... but things are so hectic the following week, I'm not sure if I can even afford that time off right now. I guess if I thought ahead and got things set up, I could manage it. And then I'd be home to help out with the bathroom construction, and have time to hang with Becca, assuming she'd had the baby by then (which I think she will have). But then it'll barely feel like a vacation, 'cause I'll be working on bathroom and babysitting the whole time.
Where is my summer going?
