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| This is actually one of my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoons. |
However, I'm happy to report that the pocket door is in place and working beautifully. This door has been a royal pain in the buttinski. Mostly in Phil's since he was the one trying to install it.
The advertisement for the kits exclaims, "Takes 20 minutes to install!" Au contraire mon frere. This was NOT a twenty minute job but more like a gazillion HOUR job. I'm sure if you were working with new construction and did not have framing, drywall and electrical in the way, twenty minutes MAY be realistic. However, dealing with existing structures ended up being like trying to fit that square peg in the round hole. So, when the door was finally attached to the rollers and slid back and forth for the first time, I let out such a scream I'm sure our neighbors thought Phil and I were either in the throes of passion or that he had finally "done me in" as a result of this reno. Happy to report we're both still standing...barely.
Phil has been the lead carpenter and construction guru up until this point. I have been his assistant, almost like a surgical nurse. I was right by his side ready to hand over his "surgical instruments". "Reciprocating saw - check, drywall screws - check, level - check, measuring tape - check, drill - check, other drill - check, no the other drill! - oops GEEZ #*&$!#%#!$&# CHECK! "
Went from this...
to this..
(with lightening speed - well really tortoise speed)
Once the last wall is up and the cement
board is on the floor, it will be time for me to step up. I will be doing the mudding, taping, sanding, painting and tiling. It's going to take a while, no doubt.
We all know how the story of the tortoise and hare ends and the wise moral of the story. Slow and steady right? However, at this point I wouldn't mind rewriting that damn fable and happily announce, "That's all folks!" Right now I think I'll munch on a carrot and channel my innermost Bugs Bunny.
