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The three habits that lead to success are: Patience, Application, and Vision.

Take care: The person who will tell others' faults to you - will tell yours to others.

It is always better to be underestimated.

There are three things that are better than riches: Health, Freedom, and Honor.

Think swiftly, speak softly, act wisely.

"The world is neither Scottish, English, nor Irish, neither French, Dutch, nor Chinese, but human, and each nation is only the partial development of a universal humanity." - James Grant on founding the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights, 1862

All from: The Book of Celtic Wisdom

It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…

No, it’s a functioning sink in the half bath! After only a little less than 5 years, we’re finally able to wash our hands in the actual bathroom used. No more going out into the kitchen. No more gaping hole in the wall. No more exposed piping. No more sink and pedestal boxes hanging out in the storage area.

Giving up on the dream of a new kitchen floor anytime this century (we’d really rather use the cash to travel and, as Yoda says, “It’s vintage”), we bit the bullet, bought the faucet & hardware and put the sucker in. All that’s left is to touch up the wall that got scuffed, and paint and install the quarter-round. Oh yeah, and find a small cabinet or such to hold the “essentials” over the tank.

Snaps to Dad Windu for not losing his mind when a) the faucet instructions were pathetic; b) the floor isn’t level; c) the drain pipes were off-set; and d) the pipes leaked and the whole thing had to be taken off the wall so that the drain’s washers could be replaced.

We have a sink in the half bath, oh, happy day!

May the Force be with us all, Share!

    3 comments to It’s a Bird, It’s a Plane…

    • Dee

      Congrats on the new addition to the family. She’s a beauty!

    • Eileen

      Ooooh very nice. Spiffy. I really like the color.

    • Anonymous

      Gorgeous. Can’t wait to use it! Don’t ya love DIY jobs? They always seem to lead to a ton of others that must be done first. Dh changed a light fixture this weekend, but found he had to completely rewire two switches first . . .

      And, the floor *is* vintage–I love the pattern! H.