back to work

The semester ended yesterday (more or less), so there will be more time to work on the house from this point on.

Today, some progress was made on the bathtub (removing old caulk and experimenting with grout cleaning/replacing) and on the kitchen floor (exposing more of the old wood floor underneath). No pictures from today's efforts, but we'll post some tomorrow.

Here's a safety tip from Ted: (I actually discovered this last week) When you switch modes on your ShopVac from vacuuming to blowing out, keep in mind that any debris in the vacuum hose will - immediately upon restarting the ShopVac - shoot out of the hose at the same wonderous speed with which it shot in. Plan acordingly.

Note: If you're Macaulay Culkin and robbers are attacking your house the previous safety tip is actually a plan!