home improvements

We came back from our European vacation only to find this:

mirror all over the floor; what was left of the medicine cabinet

That was fun to clean up after having been on a plane for something like 10 hours. And since it's the only mirror we have, we had the joy of replacing it the next day when we should have been recovering. I don't have any pictures of Will in the process of replacing the medicine cabinet because what was behind it was GROSS - and there weren't enough hands for pictures.

Before we left, we'd been without a working dishwasher since the beginning of the summer. I was using a connection from my boss to get our cute new 18" dishwasher so it took way longer than it would have if we'd just gone to Lowes and bought one. But this way it was cheaper. Not long after we got back, Dave brought it over and installed it - all for the cost of the dishwasher and a bottle of Johnnie Walker Black. That's cheap.

Dave removing the dead one; new one still in the box

Dave actually reading the installation instructions (shh, I wasn't supposed to tell)


and it's in!

These 2 were the latest in the long list of things I've replaced in the apartment for various reasons.

Because I wanted to for aesthetic reasons: kitchen cabinet door pulls and drawer knobs, light fixture in bathroom (one bulb doesn't cut it for this lady) and sink faucets in the bathroom and kitchen.

Because I needed to: toilet seat, garbage disposal, refrigerator and windows. and the aforementioned dishwasher and medicine cabinet, of course.

The only major things left: stove and heat pump - pray those don't go out!