Check and check.

We finally got two things checked off the to-do list featured on the side bar of the blog. Tom and I hooked up the water heater to the circuit breaker, and our hired help tiled the bathroom floor. They'll be back tomorrow for the grout. Here's a peek:

Donny said that he was "Christian cursing" us under his breath when he started, but that he had to admit it was a good-looking pattern.

We returned a few hours later to see if the water heater had done its job. And it works! No explosions, no floods! We are thrilled.