June has been a busy month for us. The majority of our time has been spent on the kitchen floor. When we bought the house it had old, old, old stained country blue and white checkered linoleum in it. Pain in the rear to clean and had lots of stains. So with our tax return this year we bought new Congoleum and stored it in the garage until warmer weather came our way. Trav and I replaced it this past two weeks. What a nightmare!!! It was worth it though, the new floor is awesome!

Tearing out the two layers of old linoleum was fun, but when we got to the landing below the stairs the party really started. We had some kind of black tar adhesive to deal with, so after a late night phone call to our personal construction consultant (my dad) we knew how to deal with it. So this......

became this!!

This became..
this!!

In this one you can see the plank subfloor peeking through the glue and old layers of crap. Pure crap.

This is the seam. We were able to lay the floor in two pieces. One gigantic and one manageable. We did have to cut it at an elementary school in town, the only place we knew of that was big and level. We were there in the parking lot until 1 am, I thought for sure the cops were coming. Deid was watching the girls, well, probably the tv, while the girls slept and I'm sure she would bail us out of jail if need be. She better.

This is the seam between the two pieces. It is just as inconspicuous in real life.




Our new kitchen for two weeks. You thought the living room was messy before.
Playin' computer. Eatin' chips.
I see that camera mom.
Such a good helper. And just look at those abs.


Before the leveler. I was just informed I took no pictures of the leveler stage. It was the suckiest and I wanted no memories of it.My new shelves for my herbs.