This morning, such a gorgeous morning, I felt productive. House-project productive. So I attacked the bathroom. I've not liked it much since I bought the house two years ago and today seemed like a good day to change that dislike into potential love. The linoleum on the floor was rather blah, so I chipped it off with this big ice-scraper thingy from Menard's. Underneath was some cool old tile, but in nasty condition and I figured it would be too much work to make nice and non-linoleum-gluey. Ick. I forged ahead and started prying and chiseling and peeling up the tile. It was not installed properly but that is probably why it came up rather easily! I got it all up except for under the sink but some of the tar-paper/sub-floor stuff is on the hardwood pretty good. I'll have to be careful and do that in small sections. Just a few hours later, "Phase One" of the bathroom is complete. Unfortunately, at some point in the house's history the toilet must have leaked water for an extended period of time which will make the remaining phases much more involved. Ugh.