So first (and best!) of all is, we have been hard at work on our wood floor. My brothers and my dad put wood flooring in my sister's house a couple years ago and it took them two days. So I thought, one room, piece of cake... right? WRONG! You see, my sister's wood floor is a floating floor - you put down a moisture barrier and then snap the pieces in place. My floor, on the other hand, is a glue-down hardwood. Oh, THE GLUE. The only thing I even have to say is YUCK. No, that's not the only thing I have to say. It's too icky not to say more. Honestly, this glue was like pine gum. We'd get it on our fingers and get so sticky we couldn't do anything. We had to scrub the tools constantly. And if you dropped any on the floor, the next morning it was like chewing gum. And the smell invaded my dreams. Anyhow, it is finally done... almost. I still have yet to finish the wood in the entry (since I don't want the kids to walk on it for several hours I need to do it just before bedtime, and I've been too blasted tired in the evening) and we're also going to do the hallway. But I need a break from the disgusting glue. Anyway, I cleaned the floor just for this picture. You're welcome.
Don't look around the corner into my kitchen, mkay?
See the light colored board in the center of the picture? It's my favorite.
What you don't see in the picture is the open cold air return and the shop vac. I took the banister down and painted the whole thing black, it's looking gorgeous. Well, Wade got hold of the screws that hold all the banister posts in place. Guess where they are now?!?!
So I really feel like the room is coming together. Next step is new trim around the floor and the doors. I've got my closet door off (as you can see) and it's outside being painted black. I'll eventually do the same with my front door. Sometimes I wish I could get all of this done really quickly, but sometimes I am glad it's only one hard job at a time. I couldn't take much more than that.
I'm also making some progress on the yard. Yesterday I had the boys weed the super awful 'flower bed' that's really a bed of weeds, and I weeded the easy one. I also got some hibiscus bushes and some bulbs planted. And TODAY! I must have taken some ambition pills, because I mowed the 4 foot tall grass in the backyard. It probably took me 2 hours and I had to restart the lawnmower roughly 894 times because the grass kept getting bound up in the blades. It was a real adventure. I'm only glad that I only found socks and squirt guns out there and no decaying bodies.
For the long holiday weekend we went to my parents' cabin at Strawberry Reservoir. As you know from a time before this, all I do at the cabin is lay around and eat treats. This time was slightly different in that the girls got to spend almost the entire day on Saturday shopping in Park City. I bought the cutest maxi-dress and the most awesome wedges. I think I might spend the rest of my life in them. Of course we had to stop at Mrs. Fields and my sister-in-law wanted to buy this INSANE cookie, so I said I'd split it with her. I cannot believe I didn't take a picture. I can't believe I couldn't find a picture on the internet. It was two white macadamia nut cookies with about 3" of frosting in the center, like an ice cream sandwich but with FROSTING. We had to squish more than half of the frosting out to even take a bite. Three bites gave us a bellyache. The rest of the weekend, of course, was spent laying around and eating treats. Thanks Mom and Dad! :o)
So that's what we've been up to lately. We didn't drop off the face of the earth, luckily. I need a serious shower now though... I'm still covered in grass and dirt. *sigh*
Wow.. I really like your floor. I wish we could have done wood floor. I figured I had enough wood.
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