It's been laundry room week!
Yesterday was door day, but I forgot to take a pic.
I had my 3rd PT session yesterday for my balance issues, and I can already feel a difference!
Last week was the kitchen floor, yesterday was the guest room to be!
And our guy started the laundry room!
Before:
In progress:
Manda texted late last night that she and her family and Steph and Dan plan to visit this summer! Maybe the end part of July, for Amary's birthday. With the bed and pull out couch in the guest room, as well as the inflatable kid sized mattress, they should be able to use the new guest room without Ben having to sleep on the couch. Before, the kids insisted on being with Manda in the queen bed, so he would use the couch. Which is not a hardship, I sleep on it all the time. They usually divide their time between here and Heather's. Steph always has hotel points, and she and Dan like their privacy, so they stay at a hotel. The kids just want to be with Eddie and Julianna, and the pool, and Honey Rose. And I can get a new family picture, yay! It's been 3 years since we took the last one, pre pandemic. We haven't seen Manda and her group in 2 1/2 years!
LOL, I finally watched the last Hallmark Christmas movie that I had on the DVR!
I had a finish! A kit that I bought I don't know when. It's baby/toddler sized.
When we had our kitchen redone 3 years ago, there was going to be one piece linoleum, til the contractor ripped it putting it down. I don't know why we didn't insist they remove it. A replacement was ordered, and the wrong thing was sent, so I wanted something in stock.
In December, I'd had enough, and we went to a flooring place recommended by my brother. For $500 more than I'd gotten refunded, they would remove both layers and put down the new flooring that I picked out.
Yesterday was the demo. 13 man hours later, the old flooring was gone.
Today was the install! 12 man hours later, we have a beautiful new floor!
Yesterday I went and had routine labs drawn first thing. Then I came home and got Ralph, and we went to Lowe's to look at carpet.
Two nights ago I had an epiphany. Swap the guest room and sewing room!
When the kids were little, the current sewing room was Manda's room, and the guest room was Steph's room. When Heather got married and moved out, Steph had moved downstairs to Heather's old room with the waterbed, so her room was a catch all room. A year or so later I took up quilting, and used the kitchen table to sew on. I decided I needed a sewing room, since people foolishly thought they should be able to eat on the kitchen table.
I told Steph that unless she wanted her room back, I was going to make it into my sewing room. I told her that several times. The day I was going to start moving things, she decided to move back upstairs, as it would be easier with Toast, her mini dachshund.
So I waiting til Manda graduated and moved to Houston, then I claimed her room for a sewing room. I just never got around to changing it after Steph moved out. Steph's room became the guest room, which got a lot of use for a while.
Manda's room has one window, Steph's has 3, so it's much brighter. And while I have the whole house ripped apart is a good time to switch them out.
We have the carpet company coming on Tuesday to measure both rooms. We'll have Manda's room done first, so we can move the furniture from Steph's room into it, so the handyman can fix the wall and paint in there, then we'll have that carpet put in, then the real transition can start!
I had such a fantastic weekend! Saturday morning I made 4 pounds of meatballs and froze them, then sat down to rest my feet. At noon, the phone rang and it was Steph.
Steph- I was craving a cheesesteak, so I'm at the Portland Airport.
Me- Do they have good cheesesteaks there?
Steph- No, but they have planes here, and I'm about to get on one to come see you for your birthday.
Me- speechless.
She got here around 9 Saturday night, flew into Newark and rented a car- direct flight, and tickets on sale. Ralph and Heather knew she was coming!
Sunday was my birthday. We got coffee and doughnuts from Tim Hortons, then headed off to Heather's - it was snowing, but not expected to amount to much.
We had such a fun party, so much laughter and love.
Monday Heather came up after dropping Julie at school. Steph wanted to go thru my photo albums and boxes to look for pix of her and David. We ordered out lunch, since it was Valentine's Day and we thought every where would be crowded. We did the same at dinner. Monday night we just visited.
Tuesday Heather came up again and they finished the boxes of photos. A lot of laughter and some tears. Then we went to Lamp Post for brunch, since chipped beef was on Steph's wish list. She'd gotten a cheesesteak on Monday, and Rita's Water Ice on Monday and Tuesday.
She left here around 2 to drive back to Newark and fly home to Dan and Mocha. It was such a fun visit!
In honor of Lincoln, I made meatballs! Four pounds of them! I make them, Ralph has some immediately, and I freeze them in bags so he can snack as he wants to.
It's now raining and 55 out! The snow is just about gone.
I decided that it's time to redo the sewing room! When we moved here 30+ years ago, it was Manda's room, so of course there were posters all over, and stars on the ceiling, which pulled off the paint when removed. Old, old carpet. Paneling halfway up, wallpaper the rest of the way.
Handyman is removing the paneling, which as it turns out, was glued on. Of course it was. To take the wallpaper off would be time consuming, and would damage the sheetrock, so he's putting thin sheet rock over top, which is what we did in Mom's kitchen. He'll remove the rug, fix the ceiling, sheetrock where needed, paint the whole thing, and add closet doors and a new door to the exercise room. It will look awesome!
And then to do a lot of sorting as I put things back!
