Leaking Toilets

So, yeah. As I mentioned my family was over for Thanksgiving and good times were had by all, in spite of the fact that my dad discovered that the upstairs toilet was leaking down into the basement bathroom. This led to the boys ripping out one wall in the downstairs bathroom and the floor (2 layers) in the upstairs bathroom. So now our toilet is on the back porch covered in snow, it would be on the front porch, which is closer, but I think Oli couldn't bear to be quite that ghetto. I agree. We are at a standstill in the reflooring because the subfloor needs to be screwed to the joists (the nails "holding" the boards down jump when the floor is pounded with a hammer). However, we do not have a bit for the drill that will work with the screws we have and today I have discovered that the local hardware store is out of that size bit. So Oli will have to pick one up on his way into work tomorrow and hopefully this weekend we can get to work on the floor. Once the floor is done we are taking the opportunity to paint, install beadboard, replace the sink and faucet and update the bathroom generally. Hopefully it will be quite pretty when we are done.
It has been cold. Quite cold. Today it got all the way up 20 degrees. There are a couple of inches of snow on the ground but by now most of the roads are fairly clear. Layden hasn't really gotten to see the snow yet because it is just too cold. He has been keeping himself entertained by trying to get the kitty to play with the dog's toy. Kitty isn't going for it though. He crawls over to her with a stuffed green monkey-thing with red dots and holds it out to her as if to say "See, doesn't it look like fun? If you could grab it with your mouth and pull I would think it was the most wonderful thing in the world." She looks at him as if to say "You are off your rocker." And walks away.