Holly recently got her income tax return, so she decided to redo the floors in the boys rooms. Originally she was considering re-carpeting them, but I suggested laminate would be cheap, look nice, and be easier to keep clean. She agreed and proceeded to do as Holly does – act fast. She pulled a Home Depot flier out of the newspaper and found an upcoming sale. We then went to look at it before the sale and discovered she liked the colour of another product better. She decided to buy 3 area rugs and 13 boxes of laminate planks once I convinced her I’d find a way to get it all in here Buick (had we brought The Sword there would have been no question – no one ever questions The Sword!). It took a few minutes, and my ride home was incredibly uncomfortable, but I did it.

The next day, Holly and I started tearing up Roan’s carpet around 9am. By 12:30 we were finished everything but his closet, and the transition strip in his doorway. That evening Holly went out and my brother came by to help me with Gage’s room. It took us a little less time than Roan’s room, which is strange since we took plenty of smoke breaks and ate a bunch of cereal. We also left his closet, and the transition at the doorway to be dealt with later. I finished the closet in Roan’s room and both transitions on Tuesday. This afternoon I plan to finish Gage’s closet so I can clean up all the tools, although that might prove pointless since I think Holly intends to start redoing her front railing as soon as possible.

I’m very pleased with how the floors look, and love the fact that I managed to complete the job without any major issues, set backs, or swearing outbursts. Hopefully the railing will have similar results.