I Need A Bath!

Seven years ago, we decided to buy a new bathtub. The one we had was difficult to clean because all the shine had been scrubbed away years ago. There was a gross orange rust stain down the middle from the shower and a gross orange rust stain at the drain from the faucet.

The sad thing is that out by the shed sits a wonderful old claw-footed tub! I'd love to be able to afford to have it refinished and hauled back upstairs. It was in the house originally. My grandmother used to live here (1909 - 1910) when she was teaching school across the way. I don't think that tub was here then, but maybe! I don't know when the bathroom was added, but it's clearly an addition. When we were redoing the other bedroom, we found a window in the wall that backs the bathroom. His brother had the claw-footed one removed and the modern one installed. But that's another story for another time.

Before we were able to buy one, the kitchen stove died. Instead of buying a nice new shiny bathtub, we had to buy a nice new shiny kitchen stove. It's kinda hard to take a bath in a stove. But, at least we can cook our dinners.

Move forward a few years. My birthday was coming up. He said we'd get a new bathtub. I really wanted a bathtub for a present. Truly! I did! I would have loved to ease myself down into some soothing hot water in a shiny new tub. This time, instead of a bathtub or a new stove, we ended up buying a new furnace. It's new, but not shiny. And you can't take a bath in it. But, at least we can keep the house warm.

Move forward another two years. I'm getting tired of being promised a new bathtub and getting stoves and furnaces instead! This time it was an HDTV! You can't take a bath, cook OR heat the house with a TV. He went to great lengths to make a corner cabinet to sit it on with storage for our video games. It's really nice and compliments the room. But you can't fill it with hot water and take a nice soak.

Today! Yes, Today! We went to the store and, you guessed it! We bought a nice new shiny cast-iron bathtub! It weighs an incredible 300 pounds! I still can't take a bath in it because we have it stored in the cellar until he can do some structural rehab on the bathroom floor/kitchen ceiling. I sure wouldn't want to be in the tub and crash through the floor into the kitchen. Just knowing it's down there is enough for now.