Pee carpet and Picklemans

The wedding is over and we have two weeks to get things under control at the house before the Newlyweds and In-Laws are coming for the open house. 

Am I stressed?

You bet your sweet bickes I am. 

But we still have to get our house to a point where we can move out of the garage. Kinda seems like we're getting comfortable with the premuim potty seating. 

Unfortunately, the refinishing of the hardwood floors did not go as well as we had hoped. They need to come back and fix approximately 63 flaws (if only I was exaggerating). 

The carpet installation was a disaster. Did you know there is worse carpet out there than the stuff our geriatric dogs peed on for 14 years?

There is. 

And it was recently installed in our house. 

I will not cry. 

There is no crying. 

We will figure it all out, but first....it is time to pick up Megan from KU! She is coming home to work for the summer and we will celebrate with sandwiches at Picklemans. They have magic bread. 

Under construction

Some might question our decision to undergo multiple renovation projects right before hosting an open house for Ethan and Kassie's wedding. 

Those would be the smart people. 

But here we are and there's no getting out of it. Let's all say our prayers and hopefully the floor won't look like this as of May 18th. 

After 18 years, 6 kids with a penchant for living room eating and two geriatric dogs....it was time for new carpet. 

The hardwood floors will be refinished and that means the banister will get an update too! Restained to a dark walnut and wrought iron spindles that don't pop out. 

The tick-marks scratched into the newel post have been sanded out. They are still ever so faint...and I'm not sad about it. 

The floor guy came and put down some samples for us, so we could choose which one we liked the best. I didn't realize he was going to sand down a large area and actually stain the actual floor with actual stain. 

I also didn't think he would get the wrong address and put down 5 colors we didn't ask for. 

No matter....back to stain a couple more spots!

We made our carpet selections....and then made them again when we found out that our choice was discontinued. 

In the meatime, we have guys in the back yard replacing our rickety fence with a new metal one.  It doesn't feel as private, but considering a large section of the old one had fallen down, its' definitely an upgrade. 

And guess who will never have to restain that fence again??

It's not all bad. We've been spending lots of quality time in the garage...sitting on our garage couches. 

 

Not another second

If I have to look at that stupid cap in the countertop or fume over the wonky tile, I'm gonna rip it out myself.

That doesn't seem wise. So we called some guys who know what they're doing to take a look. 

After the embarrassing amount of times they said "I have never seen a worse tile job that this." They gave us a quote to rework the countertop and replace the tile. 

 

It was about a week of gaping holes and construction guys in the kitchen, but I am so thrilled to be able to cook without white hot rage blossoming in my heart. I love it!

Cocoa bar and old linoleum

 First things first....how cute is this situation?

We are new to the Keurig and having cocoa just a button push away is irrisistable to every little sugar addict in this house. I predict the cocoa station will be ransacked in mere hours. 

Meanwhile, in the basement......

Ooh la la!!