It was an eventful day. The floor is done!!! After a 2.5 week delay due to the appendix, it’s finally done.

I also got the baseboards painted, but it was the wrong color. I sent Sandy to the paint store to pick up paint and got the wrong paint, so $80 down the drain and I wasted two hours painting the baseboards with the wrong paint.

I got the backyard mowed and I made all my health goals for the day which I haven’t made in 2 weeks.

The Cowboy’s lost again but that’s just like saying Sunday came after Saturday so no news there. I can’t complain, life’s been good to me, I’m just sullen by nature…

So the floor is laid except for the last row and closet. I’ve been thinking about it and I’m having to remove the frame around the doors and closet but it doesn’t seem to be that hard. I also need to get the table saw out of the shed. And out of the box now that I think of it. I bought the table saw when it was $100 off and knew I’d need one so I got it, it’s still in the box.

But the weather is changing this evening and it will be nice to work out in the shed tomorrow retrieving the saw and learning to use it.

We’re about 66% with the floor, probably a little more but the hard part of cutting it in is coming up so we’ll see how that goes. Also started a docker course to finally get to the next level with that. And it looks like I have a seasonal gig that should end by the end of the year so I can keep working on the house, learning and still make a few bucks. Life is good.

The floor is going down. I got 3 of 8 boxes down. As this is my first attempt at this snap together flooring, I have to say I’m pretty impressed. You basically hammer it together and it’s free floating. It’s taking me a bit of time because the saw is in the garage but I got my steps so it’s kind of nice.

We got the last of the painting done today and it’s looking pretty good.

Tomorrow I’m starting the floor, here’s hoping that goes as smoothly.

While painting ranks up there with plumbing as things that I would just rather not do. Painting isn’t actually that bad but the amount of prep work that you have to do in order to get to the painting is friggin ridiculous. Clear > patch > repair > re-texture > wash down > tape and then maybe you’re ready to paint. Not that much fun. But I got the major rolling done and it feels good to actually see some progress.

I used the rest of the joint compound that I had to finish up the last un-textured part of the wall, then we took the TV off the wall and found another spot. So I could go to Ace and get the joint compound for $5.99 or drive all the way to Lowe’s to get it for $4.37. I opted to pay the extra to not have to drive, took the bike to Ace, they didn’t have any, so I would have had to upgrade to the next size at $10.99. So off to Lowe’s I went.

I pulled the baseboard out of the closet and patched and textured so we should be ready to go tomorrow.

It’s the 50th season of SNL tonight, we’re going to stay up and try to watch it so we can pretend we’re cool and hip.

So the holdup on progress has been how to match the texture of the as is. Well it seems that there’s a crows feet brush and it seemed to work well. It’s drying now and hopefully holds well when it gets painted.

On another note, the Xterra is riding like a brick. I ordered $500 dollars worth of leaf springs, shocks and struts. It’s the first payment to the TLC I owe it for it’s 150k mile anniversary. Here’s the old:

While it still wasn’t easy, the oscillating tool made short work of getting the piece to replace the ironing board. Also is a picture of the before of the under sill, its scary…