Day One

It's been a week since we've had our tiles taking up room in our dining room. Today is the day we start. We (and by we - again it's my husband) purchased a better shop vac, read articles, watched YouTube videos and feel confident to tackle the project......... at least tackle the one small area between our stove and refrigerator that no one will notice if things go badly.

· Up and ready to go! 

· Clear counters and pull out refrigerator

· Clean floor and wall behind refrigerator that is disgusting

· Assemble shop vac

· Place paper down to protect counters

· Cut out caulk

· Suck up said caulk with new shop vac (my job!)

· Prepare to use dremmel tool to remove mortar from between tiles

· Discover bit is too large

· Check the extra bit we bought in case this happened and realize it is even bigger

· Head to closest hardware store - Ace (our conversation: husband: "they won't have it".  Me:  "sure they will")

· Discover, once again, he's right and head to Lowe's - trip #1

· Begin blog while husband is out driving around town