Out with the old & in with the new...carpet!

When we bought our house in 2001, we had a 2 year old and a 4 month old. For some unknown reason we chose a VERY light, cream colored carpet. Seven years, a third child, and another dog later...it HAD to go! So, a week before Thanksgiving, we replaced all the carpet in the entire house.

In case you are considering new floors, here's my advice...move. Seriously, it's easier. Sure, the installation included moving the furniture, but all the other stuff had to be moved to a tiled surface. Every bath tub, and square inch of non-carpeted surface in our house was covered in all the "stuff" from our closets, china cabinet, bookshelves...etc.

OH...I almost forgot to mention that Scott scheduled his "toe surgery" for the Friday before the carpet installation on Monday. HE said it was because he knew he'd be around all weekend and," the doctor said it wasn't a big deal, just to take it easy." Uh huh. It's no coincidence that he works for a strategic planning firm. He was laid up the entire weekend, so guess who did the moving??? I even ended up enlisting the help of some neighborhood children!

I just had to take a picture of Scott as he was coming out of the anaesthesia. You know it's bad when the nurse who comes to get you out of the waiting room is laughing so hard she can hardly say your last name, and then everyone you pass on the way to recovery is laughing and wishing you good luck in getting him home. He was crazy as a loon. He was entertaining the entire staff in recovery when I walked in. When they tried to get him to eat something, and they offered him pretzels, he went on for a good 10 minutes about how wonderful pretzels are!

So, after I managed to get him somewhat conscious and home, he pretty much laid around all weekend on pain medicine!

Since the carpet was leaving on Monday, I decided this was a good time for the kids to let their creative juices flow....all over their bedroom floors!

This was wildly fun for all of them. We even had to invite friends over to share in the excitement.

The carpet installation went well and the house is finally put back together. And, while I'm all for creative expression, all crayons must stay in the kitchen!

Blessings,

Leslie