A Big Weekend

Three days, three big things.

First! Billy was Adopted!

Second, Stripes was adopted!

These two events have filled the house with a joy we were sorely needing. Both adopting families have kids and other dogs and fell in love right away. I am sure those awesome pups have long and happy lives ahead of them, and will bring joy to their families.

Those great pups securely in their new homes means another will be coming here pretty soon. Which makes this even more exciting

Breakin’ on through to the other side!

The flooring has been a slog, but this weekend we navigated the portal between the two halves of our home. That floor is so damn beautiful I just stop to stare at it sometimes. This transition was tricky; based on math that started in the back of the closet in the master bedroom, and the absolute refusal of walls to be straight, there were some pretty subtle angle cuts. But those are done now, and we are off to the races on a section of floor without fiddly bits and surprises. Choosing the right plank to put in next is now the biggest challenge. It’s so encouraging.

I hope your weekend was as good as mine.

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The Floor Saga

Early last November, we took delivery of two and a half pallets of flooring material. I was excited and terrified at the prospect of installing it.

A lot of time has passed, and the project is far from complete. I wish, in retrospect, that I had started weekly updates on the project, with photos. But when the weekend is done, I’m just too damn beat, and progress is often imperceptible. “The task is finite,” I often remind myself.

I have started to compile a massive episode about all the things I have encountered, but I think I will try to break that into week-sized segments, which I will release as I write them. Alas, there are few photos of the critical moments.

So if you have been hoping for more ramblings, you’re in luck! As long as stories of toil and home improvement are interesting to you. Otherwise I’m sure I’ll have a “defund the oligarchy” episode soon enough.