Here's hoping all you Dads and Daddy-Types had a great Father's Day!  I spent most of the day getting that blasted floor finished in the Living Room, but at last it's DONE!!   Well, mostly done, about 99% done...  All that's left (for that room) is to put new base-boards around the room, and it will be 100% done.  Looks pretty darn good for ( Read more... )

     I spent another six hours or more working on the floor in the living room today.  It's about 85% complete now, and I should be able to finish it with another three or four hours of work.  I'm certain that a professional could do it a lot faster, and likely would have finished the job a long time ago.  I'm no professional though, so it gets ( Read more... )

     The weather may have been lousy over the weekend, but that allowed for important indoor-type projects to be worked on.  In this case, the main one was laying the hardwood floor in the living room.  John came over on Saturday, and he was here until a little after 5pm when he had to call it a night.  He said he'd be back today, but he called ( Read more... )

     Well....   I think the day can be summed up in one word:  "EEEEEeeeeeeewwwwwww!!!!!"

A bit of a frustrating day...  The steamer wasn't as effective as we had hoped (it helped, but that carpet is really stuck down!)  The one tool that I really should have thought of bringing, and didn't, was a carpet-knife.  Being a small town on a Sunday ( Read more... )