finally getting there...

okie dokie...well, sorry it has been a couple weeks since an update...but as you will see...we've been busy! :-)

first, since we decided to lay a new floor, we decided to take out the tile we had by the front door. we really liked the tile, but it was going to be a lot more work trying to work around it & make it look nice with the limited tools we have to work with. (don't worry mom. we saved the tile for you!) :-)

it was pretty messy trying to take the durock out...apparently mom & i did a good job putting it in a few years ago... :-)

*oscar working on chipping away the durock...

*finally! but even though it looks fairly clean here, the basement was a MESS from the pieces of durock that fell through the cracks...


*after we got all of the durock cleaned up we installed floor board...

*the process begins!! knee pads -check!, 34 boxes of floor -check!, new 8 1/4 saw blade (that apparently no one uses anymore! & we had to go to almost all the stores in omaha to find!) -check!

we started 2 weekends ago & finished putting on quarter round this last weekend. out of everything, installing the quarter round was the most trying...but we made it! :-) if we ever do this again, we will be renting or buying a table saw...it would have made our lives A LOT easier. :-)

here are a few pics of what it looks like now...still a work in process...but we are getting there!! :-) oscar & i are going to nashville this weekend for oscar's birthday, & we have a friend staying at our house with the dogs so we wanted to have most of it done by the time we left...(now i just need to work on the 5 loads of laundry that i let pile up!!)

*sorry about the pictures, it was already dark & i had something on my lens (hense the random fuzzy dots.

story about the couch...yesterday, we went to pick it up from nebraska furniture mart. it was so exciting because it was wrapped in plastic & new!! :-) BUT!! when we got home & unwrapped it we found they sent us only 3 legs. it was fabulous. so, i called the mart & told them about our 3 legged couch. they said we could bring the couch back (after we just hauled it home & into the house) or we could prop it up with books & wait 2 weeks for a new leg to come in from the manufacturer. we were tired, so we opted to prop it with books & wait. so, we propped it up, made sure it was even & stable, put the cushions on...then i sat down for the first time. the couch kind of creaked, but oscar said it was because it was new. ha! then oscar sat down & it BROKE straight down the center!!!! THE COUCH BROKE IN HALF!!! HA! we just sat there & looked at each other & i said "REALLY?". i then called the mart...AGAIN. they said we could bring it back & get a new one...i said they could come & get it because it was really quite ridiculous. they said they couldn't until thursday. i said, we will be gone. they said then next tuesday would be the soonest. i said, we would bring it back. (i'm such a push over.) anyway...oscar & his brother are taking it back today. we are going to try the same style again, but i told them if anything happens to the next one, i want a full refund. ha.

*the broken couch in our living room. :-)

*the new chair we got from craigslist! a wingback recliner! :-) the leather is a bit worn, but it was a good deal. (now i just need to learn how to upholster...ha!)

*i think lokita & ludwig like it... :-)

well that is the update for now...i need to work on laundry & get packed for our trip! :-) we are also making a stop at ikea...which i'm a little stoked about. :-)