I laid this weekend...

Nope, I didn't get laid this weekend. I laid tile this weekend! I've been in the process of remodeling my bathroom since the first of the year. Why yes, that's 6 months. Yep, it's only one room, a very small bathroom.

I don't have a man though, so I've had to wait for a lot of things until I could get an extra hand or two.
I can do a lot of things by myself, but sometimes I have to get help.

When I purchased my home eight years ago, the bathroom was blue! Blue sink, blue tile, blue tub/shower, blue toilet, blue walls, all BLUE!!!

Had I been more educated about the home buying/mortgage process, I would have had the bathroom fixed and a fence installed in the back yard immediately. Alas, I was dumb, not the first time in my life, I'll admit.

This February, following the receipt of my tax return, I purchased a WHITE tub/shower, a WHITE toilet and a WHITE sink/countertop. Along with a new vanity and tile. 

Everything sat on my porch for a few MONTHS waiting on someone to help me tear the tub, sink, vanity and toilet out. It was and still is rather embarrassing. My house really hasn't been CLEAN in months due to this process. 

I finally got help tearing everything up about six weeks ago thanks in large part to my dad with help from my brother. It was a MESS. I had to drain and remove the hot water tank to get to the shower guts. They had to tear out a large chunk of drywall AND cut the old tub in FOUR pieces in order to get it out! We then still had to cut out half the wall on the opposite side in order to get the new tub in. 

I was without water for 4 days! I'll never be able to express exactly how lovely it is to pee first thing in the morning in my toilet!

Weeks later and it's still not finished. I've had to remove old tile, cut and install old tile entirely by myself. This included moving the washer and dryer out to tile under and moving it back.

This past weekend I spent most of Saturday laying tile. I'm nearly finished. I'm stuck again, waiting.... I need help pulling the toilet to tile under it and putting it back. 

It does depress me when I have to wait for these things. I'm also waiting for all the crap from the remodel on my back porch to be hauled off! I also have a large pile of brush that needs hauled off and a few trees cut down with a chain saw. 

I'm beginning to understand it might be a shorter wait if I ask to barrow a truck and trailer than it would be to wait for male assistance.