Big day in home projects

This morning, the man to help rid us of our uninvited rodent guest in the basement came at 8 a.m.

This afternoon, a young man came and took our green couch.  The furniture Michael recently hauled made the green couch unnecessary and, in fact, unable to fit in the living room.  I put it on craigslist, and it got snapped up a couple of hours later.  The girls, who had been building forts with its cushions and playing on it for the past few days while it’s been on the porch, didn’t appreciate as much as I did that it was gone.

Here, by the way, are the children, showing off the new furniture.  Or, at least Michael’s chair and part of the star couch. 

 

Also this afternoon, our new toilet got installed.  I may be the most excited about this one.  The old toilet was not functioning very well, and occasionally leaking out of the handle.  Not good.  We are having lots of guests in December, and have one bathroom.  A not-very-functional-only-toilet is not a good thing ever, but when you add a lot of people to the situation, things start to get hairy. 

Hairy:  not how one wants to describe Christmas.  So, here’s our new toilet, which will help keep Advent and Christmas running smoothly (heehee):

 

The children, happily, approve of the new toilet.  Hannah watched most of the installation and apparently learned a lot about drains.  Naomi was a bit scared of it at first, but when she figured out that her potty seat still works on it and that the flush isn’t too loud, she gave it a thumbs up.  Simeon, predictably, loves it.  He cried when Michael took him away from it after his first time using it.  I didn’t have that strong a reaction, but I do think we’re going to be happy with this toilet.