The past two days have been construction days around here.

Early this spring the toilet in the Airstream started leaking fresh water onto the floor, and right about the same time, the hot water tank stopped working.

I took it to the Airstream fixit guy, told him to put in a new toilet, and a new hot water tank, along with a number of other improvements. Well, he did the other improvements, but the two things that were broken, toilet and hot water tank, he fiddled around with instead.

I picked it up, noticed that these things weren't replaced, but when I questioned him about them, he said that he was able to fix them via this fiddling. OK I thought, but I would have liked to have them replaced.

Off we went to the Oregon Coast for a week. Day one, the toilet is leaking. Day two, the hot water tank stops working.

Damn Airstream fix it guy.

Giving up on him, we decided to replace them ourselves. Yesterday was the day, and it all was remarkably smooth. A brand spankin new toilet and hot water tank are now installed, and seem to be working great. A hot water tank is a hot water tank, but the toilet is quite a wonderful improvement. RV's generally have plastic toilets, hard to clean, funny shaped, with flimsy little seats. Our new one is china, properly shaped, with a real seat!

Today we are working in the house, a new dishwasher! Actually the first dishwasher, as this house has never had one. It'll be an amazing improvement. I went with a stainless steel Kitchen Aid and it's going into a knotty hickory cabinet to match the rest of the kitchen. Instead of a countertop though, a John Boos & Co. butcher block will rest on top of the cabinetry. It should be a most wonderful addition to the house.