Whew

Finally, the tile's in. Thankfully, laying the tile was the easiest part of the task. Last night, as I wrote, Jenny and I were up until 4:15 am scraping the adhesive from the linoleum. We (and by we, I mean my friend Darin) had to replace about 1/4 of the flooring because it was water damaged, mostly around the toilet base and along the tub. We had to go to Eli's kindergarten play (the best rendition of The Three Little Pigs I've ever seen), and left Darin to put down the backing. Once that was down, I took over and laid the tile. We'll let that sit for a day or two, then grout and install the new toilet.

For those who hoped we'd opt for the elongated bowl, sorry to disappoint but we went with the $80 cheaper round bowl. Our rears are already used to the round kind, but we hope you'll still visit. You may be excited to hear, though, that the one we picked out promises to flush TWO DOZEN GOLF BALLS. Did they really test that claim? I'm sure with three boys who find great pleasure in doing all the things we wished they wouldn't, we'll be able to come up with our own claim. Perhaps "will flush all three Lord of the Rings DVDs," "will flush a full roll to toilet paper - still on the roll," or "will flush an entire fleet of Hotwheels." Stay tuned.