Countdown to Yuletide is on!

This morning I am starting to feel the effects of a cold. I do not have time to be sick! I am starting on a regime of ColdFX and Vitamin C to see if I can stave off the worst of it.

First thing today I am going to make a realistic "Things I must do" list and work on getting duties finalized and checked off the list. The floor renovation is definitely going ahead full steam. Andre, Mike's brother, came over last night and they got the rest of the subfloor up and the majority of the laminate down in the hallway. There are only a few pieces and doorway dividers to go in now. I think the kitchen will have to wait as the laminate is not water proof. I am not going to put it in the kitchen as that will be asking for trouble! I think we will buy some of the new laminate ceramic tiles that look like high end tiles but are stick on and then you grout them with special grout mixture. It is a much more durable and cheaper solution than going with more tiles!

Without putting the kitchen in the "wood" laminate we should have enough to do the music room and our smaller bedroom... Our bungalow is being brought into this century again! :)

Now on to taking the meds and making a list!....

Take time to Rest and Ponder

Update on Renovation:

Last night we managed to clear another 10 feet of the subfloor and made it to our bathroom doorway in the hallway. Tonight my brother-in-law, Andre, is coming over to help us in our efforts. Hopefully we will be able to get the rest of the old subfloor up and start, if not finish, laying the laminate in the hallway. Wish us luck! :)

On the less "mundane" side of things I have come to a momentous decision for the new calendar year. Starting January 5th until next Yule season I am eliminating television and movies from my life. I have decided that I need more time to meditate, read, listen to music and ponder things. Eliminating this time consumer from my options will free up a lot of time in my calendar! When next yuletide rolls around I will decide how much of my free time I will allot to this activity again.

Mike and I have also decided to implement a Sabbath again for our lives. From sundown Saturday until sundown Sunday we will not do any "work". No commercial work, unless we are traveling for business, or renovation work will be done during this time. We will spend this time in rest and leisure to recharge our batteries for the week to come.

I will keep you all posted on how I am handling these two "resolutions" throughout the coming year.

Life is good

Well today has been a good day so far... laundry continues. :) Making ribs for supper, yum!

We had a good time at my Mom-in-law's last night and I won the game of cards. Yay! Tonight we will soldier on with the flooring, hopefully getting up the last of the subfloor and possibly some of the laminate. Andre, my husband's brother, is coming over tomorrow night for supper and to help him with the flooring.

LIFE IS GOOD! :)

If at first you don't succeed, try and try again...

Well we discovered that the hallway floor was much worse than we anticipated! We had to remove all of the old tiles and then try to find the multitude of screws that was used to fix down the thin underlay plywood that was used on top of the old floor. The issue is that the screws were then covered with thin set that was not applied thinly! We discovered that they screwed and nailed down this plywood at least every four inches! The best method is to put a commercial ice scraper underneath the plywood and pop the floor up in pieces, vacuum all of the thin set "sludge" and then find the screws and take them out of the floor. It is a slow and torturous process for sure! Well tonight we are at the mom-in-law's for supper so will be taking a break from the floor. YAY! We will get back to it tomorrow night and hopefully clear the last bit and be ready to put the floor down on Wednesday evening.

Today is laundry and household chores before heading out for supper.

Continuing on...

Well I haven't posted for a few days but life has been busy! We had our first major snowfall which left us with a foot of snow within 12 hours. Winter is now here. LOL!

The floor is down in the living room and we now have just the baseboards to finish and then move onto the hallway floor. The floor in the hallway is much more involved as we have to take out the old cracked tile, plywood with a layer of thinset in order to be able to lay down the underlay to put the floor on. This we will work on this weekend.

We did manage to get the xmas tree up :)

Another day of Chaos!

Yesterday saw the majority of the "stuff" being put down in the family room that was left around the house. I have a chili in the slow cooker for supper and have one more load of laundry to do. I then will work on getting the furniture that is left in the living room over to the far side of the room so that we can start installing the floor on that half tonight, after supper.

Life is always busy with us and thankfully never boring!

Cleaning while in Chaos

So we have decided not to use the nice shiny flooring in the basement but replace the much needed flooring on the main floor level of our 1960's bungalow. We will need to replace the baseboards, etc. as well but this can be done at a minimal cost while we are installing it. We have moved our tv down into the basement family room so that the living room will be for reading, listening to music and visiting. Once more a hospitable sanctuary with not a goggle box in site. :)

Now I have to figure out how to survive my house being in total disarray while we are installing the floor. The living room must be finished by Sunday evening as we are putting up the tree! Wish us luck and I will keep you posted on the progress.