Dining room floor prep

OK, I know this really isn't the floor,
but the finish trim work needed to be done before they started the floor.

Now we can get to the floor!
We started prepping the floor....the self leveler was applied...

And THEN........
Mandy took off for a couple of unexpected weeks...certainly not her choice! Boy are we glad to have her back (this part of the "we" is very, very glad!)

Deck destruction

When we originally installed the decking, it was supposed to be temporary. Tom had planned on eventually removing the pressure treated lumber & replacing it with composite decking.
Well temporary turned into 4 years . I guess eventually is "partially" here now???
We started removing the deck boards so we could reinforce the cantilevered braces underneath. After the reinforcements to the decking, we covered it with old plywood from another job.

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This is for the winter and I can't believe I'm saying this; but it'll only look good covered in snow!!!
In the spring we'll hopefully have decided on how we want the finished deck to look.
The old deck boards were quite weathered though and are perfect to finally face the front of the deck now, so at least that looks pretty good!.

Now we just need to consider extending the deck to the property next door where my Birthday present sits! At the rate we're going we'll have a boardwalk running along the river before you know it!

Eva's Last Day

Well we've joked about it for years (literally!), that the house would be done by the time Eva went to school. No, No, don't get too excited.......we're not quite done & Eva's not going to kindergarten. Mandy did find a great daycare program where Eva will attend preschool 5 days a week & stay right there for daycare after. So we did lots of fun stuff on her last day, we baked cookies (chocolate chip of course) played in the sandbox and swam in the "hot pool!" We'd played with all the fun toys, especially all the ones that made the most noise!

Eva's trial day at daycare was a big hit & she had no problem adjusting on her first day. I'd say she was more than ready for this.....And so was Auntie Martha ;)

:( Martha room

The Martha room has been turned into the storage room, didn't have that for long now did I??? The hardwood flooring has been brought in to acclimate (into the Martha room of course) and all the dining room furniture brought in to store. I'm certainly excited that the dining room floor is going in.....I just hope it's soon!