Stiff and Sore May 5-6, 2006

Ok so we brought Long Dong home again this weekend and got to work. Thursday evening we just snapped and griped at each other so not much beyond prep got done. Friday morning dawned clear and cool and the flooring went surprisingly well. We had some weird cuts but we handled them easily with little waste. By the end of the day we were about 60% done and very happy with a job well done. Steve was done in and although I could have pushed through to get it done, I decided to err on Steve's sore muscles. Saturday to was a beautiful day but the bedroom which seemed to need no complicated cuts and we would get it done quick wanted to prove us wrong. We soon got the flooring in all but the last two rows when we found that to get the floor in the back cabinet needed to go in first. Which made us remember the "gargae" area needed to go in before the back cabinet. I guess that's why we took the cabinet ot to begin with. That is where the truoble began as that cabinet was one pain in the butt. We got it in but it was at leat an inch and a half higher then the right cabinet. Then looking at the right cabinet it seems that some screws weren't even installed in the cabinet to hold it in to the wall from the factory. Not to much of a surprise as we'd had seen empty screw holes in demolition. Some lowering here and some raising there we got the cabinet in, the bulk of the trunk area and the rest of the floor. It was MARGARITA time.
Oh yeah the floor is AMAZING, it looks great, it'll be a shame to cover it with sofa, dinette and cabinets etc. We did so good on not wasting that we have 4 boxes of it left. I guess I'll be getting rid of it on craigslist. It's good to have hard days of work with a wonderful floor to show for it. Oh as for finding the floor, it found us $4.99 a box on sale, that's $.20 a sq ft. No it wasn't stone or matched the cabinets perfectly but the color was good and that price....
Next week we work on cabinet repairs and re-doing the dinette and getting it all back in. Steve has ordered a new bathroom sink and toilet, and Monday I'll be sewing like the wind to finish the new curtains for the living area.