The Ultimate Weekend Update: Home Improvement

When JT was in kindergarten and 1st grade, Monday morning would feature an activity called Weekend Update. In a journal with space for pictures and words, JT would report about his weekend activities. On our Monday morning drive to school, we'd review the weekend's activities so that he would have something to write about. It was always easier to write and illustrate the Weekend Update if we'd had a busy weekend.

Sadly, Weekend Update is gone. And that's a shame because this Monday would have been the best Weekend Update ever, thanks to my friend T, a veritable whirlwind of home improvement. I'm not exactly a slacker when it comes to home repair projects, but compared to T, I'm practically a sloth.

The primary task for the weekend: repair and restoration of the downstairs powder room, a 5 x 5 room off the kitchen and pantry in the back of the house. Some of the floor tiles had broken and crumbled loose. The grout was impossible to keep clean. There was reason to believe that the floor beneath could use a little repair. And my attempts at repair were both unsightly and ineffective. Pictured below is the bathroom in it's "before" state, with sample replacement tiles against the back wall:
Things look much better now. And that will be the story of this week, as I chronicle the ultimate Weekend Update. Tomorrow: nothing decorates the dining room quite as nicely as placing your toilet next to the supper table.