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Sorry for the lack of posts on this freakin wonderful home remodel journey. The biggest reason for my absence on this blog is the fact that I cannot post any photos on here. I lost my battery charger in this disorganized mess. I had thought, what's the point in posting if I don't have anything to show for it? I have come to the conclusion there is no point in looking for the charger. I have thought about buying one, but I know as soon as I click 'check-out' the thing will grow legs and suddenly appear.

One thing that we keep plugging away on is our floors. The dining room is 1/2 done with the removal of the hideous blue/green industrial carpet. This is probably one of the most costly part of our venture. We cannot use the previous method of boiling vinegar water on this glue. Since it is newer glue (curse the idiot that spread carpet glue on perfectly good oak floors) we have to use an adhesive remover. Sold by the gallon, the cheapest we can find is for $15. Tomorrow we will have to purchase two more to finish the job. Which makes seven gallons total. Ouch.

Next Saturday we start the sanding process. We have reserved a floor sander for 24 hours. Let's hope we get it done in that time. After sanding we will start the staining. In the kitchen and small hallway, I have decided to stain a tile design (on the diagonal) to tie the two rooms together. The kitchen has wide pine floors, while the hall is a narrow oak. Since they are somewhat open to each other, I am hoping this diagonal tile design will tie it all in AND make it appear larger. What we will do is stain the entire floor, let it dry, and put one coat of polyeurthene. After that is dry, we will tape off 3ft x 3ft squares. On every other square I will wash on a solution of white paint and water. When that is dry, we will finish off with the last two coats of polyeurthene.

The dining room and living room will have only stain and three coats of polyeurthene. Oh yeah, our most exciting news for the dining room floor is once we removed the carpet, we found that our floor has a rectangular design. Instead of the wood going straight back and forth, it is one large rectangle that gets smaller as it goes to the middle. Our living room is this way, so we were really excited to see this in the dining room.

Now we are getting down to the wire to try and wrap things up for the sanding. We will have to completely empty the rooms and move out for five to six days. Yes, you read that right, we are moving out while doing this. My dad has graciously offered for us to stay with him. He probably thinks I will be cooking for him every night. Ha. Not very likely. Our goal is to be back in the house the Thursday before Halloween.

If you don't see any posts for awhile, just imagine me working on the floors. Or in a closet screaming my head off. If I don't have a complete breakdown prior to the finish of this project, it would be a miracle.

Also, huge kudos to Jodi from Organized Chaos for the AWESOME blog design here. She did a great job with the whole page, especially with the banner. Isn't it cool? I love 'The Big House, Incarcerated Since 2005'. She came up with that. Neat, huh?!? Thanks again Jodi!