I have lived in hotels for at least 18 months out of the past three years and have seen what I think are the best new toilets. The Toto Drake, American Standard Cadet "3", and the Kohler Cimmaron are all the most modern flushing technology designs and are almost indistinguishable in performance. I bought a Cadet "3" and love it.

Did you have Buster come out and give a demo on how to handle litter box duty? This is Taz, isn't it? I keep hearing the cartoon sound effects! How soon would a bathroom be finished? In the meantime I don't know if I'd bother with an outhouse. First, many counties have regulations on outhouses and they're not necessarily cheap for compliance. Why not rent a porta-pottie for a while? Or even buy one and sell it when you're done? Females might prefer a porta pottie over other options, especially involving cat litter. :) The other option is a chemical toilet, available from camping stores. Could be used inside the bathroom area. Option 3: You have your chance NOW, otherwise you go in the woods or wait 'till we get home! Option 4: Buy a bicycle and peddle to the nearest gas station or restaurant? Option 5: Bake banana bread often and stop over to the neighbors. Use their facilities. Option 6: Swim a lot. So, how much hissing, growling, clawing and mrowing occurred? Did she arch her back and swat at him? A few examples of possibilities: How to Make a Compact Camping Toilet Top 4 Portable Toilets Portable chemical toilet with toilet paper holder Gotta love the name "Luggable Loo", right? More examples

*Update So, the lawyers wrote letters and nothing was ever resolved. We discovered the builder misrepresented themselves to the bank as turn key builders since our bank does not allow owner-builder construction loans. We had paid for a package that would basically give us an empty shell and we would take it from there. Because of this misrepresentation, the builder knew we could not get out of our contract unless we found another builder. We couldn't find another builder unless we were willing to go with a full custom home builder since our bank only allows turn key builders. We couldn't afford that. And we couldn't complete the construction and move into our house unless the builder signed off on the loan. What. A. Mess. After discussing the situation with our construction loan representative we decided to take out a home equity loan. So, as of last week, the loan was paid off. The only way the builder will get more money from us is if it is court ordered. However, considering the builder's company misrepresented themselves on the bank contract and then completely abandoned the project, they would be hard pressed to support their beach of contract case. But who knows what they are thinking? I do know that from day one I began keeping extensive documentation "just in case" there were problems, and I have that documentation well organized. Over 70 page (not including pictures). I'll update if there are any new developments. This week we got bids for the driveway and granite for the kitchen. I hope we will be moving in next month.

All trees except for certain desert adapted species growing in deserts have primarily shallow root systems. In my area when giant forest conifers blow over the bottom of the attached roots and soil is as flat as a board. In fact the visible roots have a similar appearance to that produced by experiments where bullets have been fired into bullet proof surfaces. This extreme deflection is due to just how much roots need air and will not penetrate airless subsoil layers at all. Probably in nearly all instances when one of these veterans cuts loose it is because their ability to anchor themselves has been destroyed by the attentions of root pathogens or other destructive occurrences. And clearly is not due directly to how shallow their anchorage is, because it held their tremendous weight upright for centuries before the horizontal extent of their roots was markedly reduced.