Soap Kitchen

We won! My husband plays the Fantasy 5 occasionally and the other day it was over $500K so he bought a ticket. He called me from work and told me to check it the next day. I figured it was just another wasted $1, but humored him by checking anyway. To my surprise, we'd gotten 4 out of 5 numbers. Both of us had visions of thousands in prize money. Alas, we won $203. That's still a good amount of money for a $1 investment but not as much as we had hoped.

The plumber came yesterday to continue our progress on the basement remodel. In case you don't know me, it flooded a year ago. I should say, "we" flooded the basement with a garden hose a year ago watering some newly planted shrubs. My sewing room and the kids playroom reside in the basement so it was a major imposition to move all that stuff upstairs and finally address the underlying water problem in the basement. Needless to say, water is not our friend when it comes to the basement. We found molded drywall, termite damage, a cracked foundation, and rat droppings in the process of demolition. The dollar signs just kept getting bigger.

My husband was also unemployed last summer. The Lord provides. Hubby was able to do most of the re-building himself. He ran electrical wires and re-framed all summer. When it came time for him to go back to a real job, we hired out the drywall and plumbing. Two dumpsters and thousands of dollars later, my basement is getting closer to completion.

The plumber was cutting the flange on the toilet and raising it to accommodate the new flooring and subflooring. He was also putting shut off valves on the hot and cold for the faucet. He also fixed up the girls' bathroom that was leaking. I am excited about getting a bathroom back. It is annoying to have to walk up the stairs to fill the iron over and over. We have decided to put a kitchen in the basement. It will be a necessity when we remodel the main floor. When all is said and done, it will be my Soap Kitchen.

The bill from the plumber...$203. The Lord provides.