That mattress that we bought last year is back in the guest room. It was too soft for me and hurt my back to sleep on it because it made everything in the middle of the mattress sink lower than anywhere else.
I slept on my old, firmer mattress last night and my back felt a lot better in the morning. So today I swapped mattresses again. The guests can have the pillowtop memory foam mattress. I'm happy with my old one. It is kind of weird though since I feel so low to the ground now since the pillowtop one was a lot thicker, but I'll get used to being this low again.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Cockatiel sitting... and floor work finally finished!
We got our floors finished on the stairs and in the hallways upstairs. :) We still have some of our stuff in the garage that I hope gets moved out of there soon so that we can park both cars in it again.
It was really dusty during the construction upstairs. So terrible. Dust was all over the place and is still dusty in some places.
We've been watching this cockatiel for a friend and she's been with us probably since around the same time we started getting work done on our house. Cockatiels seem really needy to me and always want attention. Well, at least is the case with the one we've been cockatiel sitting.
If you leave the room (especially while she's eating), she'll make some really high pitched bird sounds wanting you to come back. I guess she really doesn't like eating alone. :P
It's pretty funny when she starts whistling though because she learned some pretty crappy whistling from her owner. Sounds just like him. LOL... and my friend compared the bird's bad whistling to a car stalling. Haha! I'll put up a video of that when I have the time.
It was really dusty during the construction upstairs. So terrible. Dust was all over the place and is still dusty in some places.
We've been watching this cockatiel for a friend and she's been with us probably since around the same time we started getting work done on our house. Cockatiels seem really needy to me and always want attention. Well, at least is the case with the one we've been cockatiel sitting.
If you leave the room (especially while she's eating), she'll make some really high pitched bird sounds wanting you to come back. I guess she really doesn't like eating alone. :P
It's pretty funny when she starts whistling though because she learned some pretty crappy whistling from her owner. Sounds just like him. LOL... and my friend compared the bird's bad whistling to a car stalling. Haha! I'll put up a video of that when I have the time.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Still not finished
I would've thought that our floors would be finished by now, but nope.
The contractor guy who did the downstairs floors said he'd be back in early November to do the upstairs. The only reason they didn't get a chance to finish was because the painters we hired took longer than expected, making the floor guys start two days later.
Anyway, we've gotten estimates from several other people on how much they'd charge to do our stairs and floor upstairs. And it's cheaper just to go with the original guys, but they've been too busy with other jobs. I'm glad they at least left the carpet in since it would've been such a mess to walk on whatever's underneath it.
The contractor guy who did the downstairs floors said he'd be back in early November to do the upstairs. The only reason they didn't get a chance to finish was because the painters we hired took longer than expected, making the floor guys start two days later.
Anyway, we've gotten estimates from several other people on how much they'd charge to do our stairs and floor upstairs. And it's cheaper just to go with the original guys, but they've been too busy with other jobs. I'm glad they at least left the carpet in since it would've been such a mess to walk on whatever's underneath it.
Thursday, October 09, 2008
Under construction...
I remember way back in the 90's when people would start websites that would just stay "under construction" forever - with all of those construction animated GIFs - the best you could do with animation back then since Flash wasn't around yet. This post has nothing to do with any of that. :-P
This blog is about things in my home and the biggest thing going on right now is the interior/exterior painting and also laminate floors being put in. So right now we've got furniture in unusual places. Our piano is in the kitchen, we've got some living room furniture in the pantry, the family room is empty with the exception of a bucket full of stuff. We moved a lot of stuff from the family room into the garage, but most of our furniture is sitting in the living room.
The painting is mostly done, just a few touch-ups needed here and there. Work was started yesterday on the new floors. The carpet was removed from downstairs, so now it's down to the bare concrete.
I've been taking pictures every step of the way and I'll post a few once all the work is finished. Might be a while before that because the floor guys won't be starting work on the stairs and upstairs yet. Since the painters took longer than expected, the floor guys started two days later than they were supposed to, so they have other clients scheduled and only have enough time to do downstairs for now. At least they kept the carpet in for now on the stairs and upstairs so that we'd still have something clean to walk on up there.
This blog is about things in my home and the biggest thing going on right now is the interior/exterior painting and also laminate floors being put in. So right now we've got furniture in unusual places. Our piano is in the kitchen, we've got some living room furniture in the pantry, the family room is empty with the exception of a bucket full of stuff. We moved a lot of stuff from the family room into the garage, but most of our furniture is sitting in the living room.
The painting is mostly done, just a few touch-ups needed here and there. Work was started yesterday on the new floors. The carpet was removed from downstairs, so now it's down to the bare concrete.
I've been taking pictures every step of the way and I'll post a few once all the work is finished. Might be a while before that because the floor guys won't be starting work on the stairs and upstairs yet. Since the painters took longer than expected, the floor guys started two days later than they were supposed to, so they have other clients scheduled and only have enough time to do downstairs for now. At least they kept the carpet in for now on the stairs and upstairs so that we'd still have something clean to walk on up there.
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