Spring Cleaning
It has been a while since I wrote in here, but not because there has been nothing going on. Spring is always just a busy time of year. Currently our apartment is undergoing a major overhaul. With the baby due in two months or less, we decided it was time to get our act together and finish the apartment. We have wood flooring that was never sealed, thus it has become quite dirty and needs to be sanded and then sealed. Aside from the brute work this will require (moving everything outside, renting a sander, sanding, getting all the dust out, installing molding around the walls and doors, washing the walls and windows, sealing the floors, letting it dry while we stay somewhere else, and then moving everything back in) we are struggling to decide what to seal the floors with. Most varnish is toxic to touch and breath while liquid, and produces toxic off gasses once dry. In addition, my husband is massively allergic to it in its liquid form. There are varnishes that we have seen in green magazines that report being none toxic, so we might go with that, and pray that my husband does not get any of it on him while applying it. My mother in law found a natural wax sealant for wood floors on line that looked promising until we found out that it is made from tree resins, which my husband is also massively allergic to. As of yet, we do not know what we are going to use, but we need to figure it out quick. In the meantime I have been going through the house finding things we do not absolutely need and giving it away to Bishop's Attic. The rest will have to be stored upstairs at his parents house and outside when the time comes.