Saturday we ditched the nest and took a mini-road trip. We drove to K-town to visit the always wonderful G-Ma. We enjoyed lunch together and afterward left the boys with G-Ma, while DH and I made a side trip to visit a high school chum for supper.
Driving down to the area near where I grew up, so much had changed, we got a little lost. Funny how landmarks can change leaving you feeling like you're traveling someplace new.
Our friend made us a wonderful supper and we enjoyed seeing her house and new car. I marveled at her garden, never having seen sweet pepper plants grow so big. She told me to pick all I wanted, and I kicked myself later after realizing I had forgotten my bag of picked peppers as we left. (Sorry Karen!) We won't allow so much time to pass again before our next visit.
The boys walked the lakefront with G-Ma and fed the seagulls and ducks. They also saw a loon which really surprised me. I've never seen a loon on Lake Michigan before. They returned to her house to watch their favorite cable channel which we are not privileged to get, the Chiller channel. They also watched Sharktopus on the SyFy channel. Gotta love those cheesy thrillers!
We drove home late rather than stay over because we wanted to get a jump on our flooring project the next morning. I'm very happy with how much progress we made! The first row took some time, but then we got moving much more quickly. Its a math thing. You have to stagger those seams, and we try our best to use as much square feet of each board, trying to eliminate waste. We only have 1.5 rows left to complete our living room area and all that will be left is the hallway and tricky angle transition between the living room and kitchen. Today I'll be picking up some mighty movers for our furniture to slide around on and ordering a Water Hog door mat. Its all starting to come together!
I'd predict we'd finish by this evening, but the dentist just called with a cancellation, and I scheduled DH in for his cleaning. Working on this floor, has taught me a new meaning of patience. It will be done, when it gets done. Life happens.
5 comments:
Sounds like you had a great mini-vacation. Glad that the flooring is almost done for you. Can hear the excited in your posting.
Sounds like you had a wonderful weekend! I'm sure G'ma enjoyed the boys as much as you enjoyed some time away with DH. Looking forward to seeing the completed project!!
Ooooo I love Chiller. We watched Sharktopus too. lol
Can't wait to see the finished floor pics.
I think that is wonderful that you left the flooring till Sunday and went and had a nice visit with G-Ma. Sounds like you all had a wonderful time but how could you forget the peppers, shame on you lol. Looking forward to seeing photos when the flooring is complete.
Glad you had such a good weekend!:o) Your G-ma sounds great.:o)
Can't wait to see finished pictures of your floor!:o)
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