Home Improvement Month

It's been a busy month on the home improvement front.  About three weeks ago we put new flooring in our office--the flooring has been stacked in boxes in my entryway for almost two years.  I'm pretty embarrassed to admit that.  M always says that we can get stuff done during calving time since he has to stay close to home.  That never happens.  Anyway, while we on a roll at that time we put in a new light fixture in the kitchen, changed the filters in the RO system, fixed the storm door and got it put back up, and put up a some hooks in our bathroom.  Oh yeah, we also got a new fridge before that.

We finally made the decision that we were going to take out our living room carpet and put in a wood laminate like we have in our kitchen.  I always said that as soon as Cruiser was gone the carpet had to go.  He's been gone a year so it was time.  We decided to have someone else install it since it was a bigger project and we weren't sure we'd have time to do it.  We were on the schedule for March 15th but the store called on Monday and said they had a cancellation and could get it done this week.  So, Wednesday we moved all the furniture and ripped out the carpet and they started laying the new floor on Thursday.  It went pretty slowly at first because he tied the new floor into the old floor.  Then it got easier, but it didn't move along any faster.  So, when the installer left at 5:00 on Friday with the floor unfinished I was not happy.  We have a busy week ahead (and a trip to Vegas) and didn't feel like we had the time to wait for him to finish to get the house back in order and didn't want to live in the mess all weekend.  So, we finished it ourselves.  Of course, it was all the hard parts left with every piece having to be cut and then the doorways.  Oh well, it's done now, our house is back in order, and we're very happy.

Now we have two more light fixtures to install and the drawer pulls for the kitchen cabinets will be here Monday, and holes to fill in the kitchen ceiling from the old light fixture.  I may have to take care of those myself.  M's not thrilled with working on things around the house, and I feel a bit guilty when I make him do it.  I think he'll be very happy when spring comes and he's too busy to be bothered.  I mentioned that to him and he reminded me that when he gets busy I will also be too busy to be thinking of those things.  Oh yeah, I forgot....  It was good while it lasted!

Our new living room floor