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Day 4 - A little of this and that.

I'm impressed that so many people care about our little reno... I guess that's why there's a whole channel devoted to this stuff.  Well, I am here to please, here's today's update!

What happened to day 3? It was a Sunday, how dare you expect them to work on a Sunday (you're all monsters)! Here's my day 4 recap.  Much of the same.  Progress was made on the tile removal, it's slow going but at least it's progress.




So not a ton of picture progress today, sorry! The demo is slow going right now, but a few fun things happened while I was at the house today! I met a nice neighbor at the mailbox.  She was asking me if I knew if the house on the corner was going on the market... as a matter of fact, I know that it has already sold ;)

Speaking of the mail box, thankfully my teenager was able to get the mail key to work and then proceed to teach me how to do it. Of course, this was after he figured out how get out of the backyard using the gate (which I was unable to do).  It's official he knows way more than me, and I think he knows it, he patted my head when I asked him to show me how it worked.  
...He may have fixed the printer for me today too. 

So another side of the work has been picking out all the new stuff that will go in.  There's the fun side where you are at the construction company and you get to pick you materials, but there's another side where you spend hours on Amazon and at Home Depot buying... stuff.  Just look at our garage. New (non-brass) doorknobs and hinges. Bathroom fixtures, lights, shower heads, and faucets.  We still have more to buy, but here's a little glimpse.




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