Our house has a few needs. We have a couple broken windows, now three because the glass fell out the garage door last night. We had ordered a window for the living room last year but when Isaac got sick we had to cancel it. It is large and broken in two places. The problems are too numerous to mention. We could definitely qualify for an Extreme Home makeover but our story isn't really that unique. We have been working on painting the floors in the basement and getting rid of old ceiling tile and moldy smelling carpet. We think that may have contributed to Isaac's illness. He did test for mold and/or fungus back in January and we recently moved him back to his old room without redoing it so we are going to move him back upstairs until we at least get the 30 year old ceiling out of there and floor painted. But, that's not what I was writing about.
We are redoing our bathrooms! Not really because we want to (we do want to) but not because we can really afford to do it but because we can't afford not to. We are having major issues with each bathroom and not to complain because we do have almost three bathrooms but they are not very usable right now. "Dad's" bathroom as we call it no longer has a toilet because it leaked all over and ruined the floor. There is a hole going into the basement. The sink in there does not drain (spent a ton on drain stuff) and the shower is just plain gross. I can't get it any cleaner. Everything is corroded and leaking into the basement! The "middle" bathroom has it's own problems, the sink also doesn't drain, the toilet won't flush much anymore, and the tub is corroding around the drain, thus it gets moldy pretty fast. The faucet on the tub has leaked into the basement for some time so we fixed it with a rubber band and a plastic bag so when you are really quiet you can hear drip, drip, drip off the plastic. And the last bathroom which has been a huge blessing through 6 pregnancies is in our bedroom. If you add a 1/2 cup of water to the tub the water overflows in it. It does not drain. Plus the water spout just fell off last week! The toilet won't flush with a square of toilet paper in it sometimes. When I open the curtains parts of them fall off each time I open them. Everything is 30 years old.
Normally, I am a go with the flow and try to be content with what you have. But last week my husband said we are fixing all the bathrooms and I didn't say "No, we shouldn't do that". It was his plan and idea and I figure he knows what's best. He is also putting a bathroom in the basement for the 7 kids who sleep down there. I really think he doesn't like being awakened in the night anymore with their pattering right next to our room. Our friend Bill the plumber is coming and two bathrooms will probably be completely finished by Saturday night! What a blessing it will be! I pray it will all go well and that our house will be "safe" and "clean" for the kids if these things were causing health problems. I pray we can really tackle the basement. Kev's just so busy and doesn't have time for these things and I just get swamped with school and kids and everything else so it's been a year and we haven't done anything with the boy's room downstairs. They have to do plumbing in the ceiling there so we should be able to close it up with sheetrock at this time after spraying with bleach water.
Pray for continued healing for Isaac. He is doing well. Still has some issues that need to be cleared up for healing. We have appointments in the Cities next week. I'm really praying they would clear up before we went.
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