Bathroom Spruce Up

We have been working on our bathroom this winter. Mike put in a new floor, surround, toilet, and some new fixtures. If only I could have replaced the old vanity and counter. I would post before and after pictures, but the before was too discusting to share and I did my best to avoid proof of its nastiness - meaning no pictures. The bathroom was a big project -especially when Mike doesn't enjoy home improvement projects. He get's frustrated easily. Our house only has one and a half baths, which ins't a big problem until the toilet down stairs stops working. What timing! The old toilet down stairs was just that, OLD, and ugly, but it worked. We didn't use it much before the work started on the upstairs bathroom. The work started upstairs and the use of the potty downstairs increased. The old toilet got tired, and started running all of the time. We turned the water off during the day, so we could avoid any mishaps that might occur. I picked up a toilet repair kit and brought it home one evening. Of course, it was a Thursday and we had a football game so the toilet had to wait until late that night. We tried to fix it, but like I said, the toilet was old. The new parts did not work with the old tiolet, and when we were taking out the old parts to the old toilet, the pieces were falling apart. Luckily, the upstairs toilet was conveniently waiting in the hallway and so it was easy to be moved downstairs; but wait, we didn't have a new wax ring to set the toilet. It was 11:30 P.M. Good thing Walmart was open and they carry wax rings. Neadless to say Friday morning came really early. The bathroom is finished and so are the home improvement projects for a while.