My house is a vortex of activity. Honestly, you might not believe it if you were here. Rick has several crews and there are at least two crews at my house now. As Luis and Juan are toiling away on the bathroom, Roger, Carson, Miguel, and I'm not sure who else have been scraping popcorns and painting. Another crew may be working on the utility room where the current floor is being replaced with tile – or maybe that will be later today. Tile makes a lot more sense for that room and I don't know why we didn't tile it ourselves long ago.
I left at 9:00 AM to get my nails done (so that my hands look good on camera :-)) and came back to more plastic wrap. As the activity moves, so do the plastic drapes. I'm standing at the computer you see here. I'll be working on the design wall, that you can barely see the edge of on the right side of the photo, soon.
As they are whammering in the bathroom I'm moving the stuff on the shelves above my computer back so that nothing falls. These may be the only do-dads in the house that I didn't box up. Perhaps I should have.
The bathroom was emptied out on Monday…
On Tuesday, Luis and Juan made real progress…
They framed out the shower, stubbed in the plumbing, and poured the sloped concrete floor for the shower. I just looked in and the Duroc is going up on the shower walls now. I don't know when the tiling starts. Maybe tomorrow if it's not on a truck somewhere, on its way to Sherman.
In other news, Mom (who is 81 today!) has been to see a neurosurgeon. She developed hydrocephalus and had surgery to insert a shunt 13 years ago. This condition is more common that you'd think and the symptoms are sometimes overlooked in older people. At any rate, her shunt isn't working and it took all of us a while to figure out that that was happening.
Dr Luis Mignucci was recommended and we saw him Monday. He indicated that surgery would happen soon, but soon to him and soon to me may be two different things. I'll keep you all posted as things happen. But for now, Mom is out having a birthday lunch, then it's a small birthday dinner tonight at our house, and a bigger party Saturday. At 81 you ought to be able to party more, don't you think?
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Good luck with the renovation.
I support lots of celebrations for every birthday….they do not make you any older and since I think every day should be celebrated, birthdays definitely deserve more than one cake and gathering!
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Yes. It’s come to be that time in our lives when we should celebrate each day. I’m a tiny bit older than you, Becky, and my mom is 86 with a terminal lung disease. Every moment I spend with her is special – and since she is now in assisted living only 1 1/2 miles from me, I see her more often. She’s eating up some of my stitching time — but then, she’s the one who taught me to stitch and it’s more important we spend time with our loved ones than anything else!
I’ll say a few prayer for your mom – that surgery is quick and goes well, and that she makes a complete recover!
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Happy Birthday to your mom! I make my BD last as long as I can and I’m only 62. 😉
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