What could go wrong?

"It's my last day on the force! I can't believe I made it to retirement without getting killed...all I need to do is finish this one shift, and I am home free. [Gunshots] Oh God, I've been shot..."

remember when i blogged about our new sink? we were so close to having a finished bathroom. remember that? well, it was our last day on the force before retirement. you've seen it in the movies so many times. the greeks called it hubris. what could possibly go wrong? when we took the old sink out, we pulled the board off the wall. with the board, came part of the wainscoting. ok, we need to replace that section of wainscoting...but, if we are going to do that, we might as well rip out the nasty boards, which the previous owner passed off as trim. ok, well, maybe we should rip the floor out and do the whole thing properly!

thank god, wiser heads prevailed on the final part, but the "trim" came off and the wainscot came down. after seeing how much it would cost to tile the walls, we've decided to put some new wainscoting up, with proper trim, and tile the backsplash behind the sink. yes, folks, we did pay to have our bathroom walls refinished...but that was the top...and we're talking about the bottom here!

the up side: we get to hone our dry-walling skills in a place that no one will really ever see. besides, once we get our fat check from uncle same next year (thank you president obama!), we can tile the floor and the walls together. this just needs to get us through until then. besides, it will look great. we picked out a nice tile for the backsplash. it's going to class up the place. besides, we don't need your approval! besides besides besides...i'm beside myself with excitement!