We've been floored!

And carpeted!

For the first time since moving into our home October 31, 1992....the original carpet and laminate is completely gone.

First up, a new kitchen floors a couple of years back, thanks to a leak in the dishwasher.

We've held off for some time on new carpet; putting off the expense as long as we could. When Bonnie had, well, an accident several weeks back, it provided the perfect opportunity to make the move.

She was home sick one Sunday and turned the water on in the bathroom adjacent to our room to wash her hands, thought of something (remember, she was on heavy meds) and left to do it. Afterwards, she went to her recliner and fell asleep.

Somehow, a towel was draped over the top of the "hole" you have in a sink which prevents overflow....

...and when I and the kids got home from church and I went to change clothes, I found water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink.

So, the laminate needed replacing, the wood needed drying, 1/3 of our bedroom carpet was, well, soppy.

So, what better time to upgrade?? :)

So, the new carpet came in yesterday, and we opted for hardwood floor in the foyer and hallway (reminds me of my childhood home). That went in today, along with new bathroom laminate.

So, we've totally, officially been "floored".

Now, to return all the junk we found to its original location......:)

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OTHER THOUGHTS:

--Patrick Henry made up their Friday rainout last night, with a 48-0 washout of Thomas Jefferson. TJ didn't make an offensive first down until the next to last play of the game. Wasn't pretty.

--We are so thankful for the rain! Now, we find ourselves praying in the opposite direction, asking God to call it off up in the northeast.....

--The Incredibles on Ice. Mediocre at best. I almost fell asleep during the 2nd half, but it was because I'm always sleepy, so let's not be quick to blame the show.

--Patrick Henry's top rival was upset last night, so if PH runs the table, they win the District and go to the playoffs. Oh, and did I mention in their last five games, FOUR of them are home? The one away game is against a very inferior opponent.

--Keith Olbermann's ego strikes again! MSM Lefties are praising him for raising "healthy skepticism" over the terror alert situation for Big Apple Subways the past several days. What's this guy gonna do when he waxes skeptically one too many times and the warning, sadly, becomes true? What does he say to victims and their families? How can he continue being an "anchor" (not that he is one now, anyway...)

Look, skepticism in the press is fine when done in proper context (i.e.--looking for the facts). Keith drew his own conclusion, then went on to "skeptically investigate" the possibility the Bush Administration only sends out alerts to get bad news off page one. Had there been irrefutable evidence against this "conspiracy theory", would he admit it? No way.

Do I have a gripe with him? Nope. It's just that he seems to push, not the right buttons with me, but the stupid buttons that just vault him into the limelight on my media radar.

--I go to bed Sunday afternoon and the Braves/Astros game is like, in the sixth. I wander back into the great room around 615pm, receive permission from the queen to change the channel to football, then proceed to see on the Fox Ticker (or whatever they call it this year...) that the above said game is now in the 16th inning....

16th???

I turn over to ESPN, and, while flipping back and forth w/football, watch the rest of the game, until the Astros win in the bottom of the 18th.

It reminded me of an incredible 1986 NLCS game when the Mets clinched the pennant in Houston, but it took them 16 innings to do it. I think the game started when I was on the air in the afternoon, and it didn't end until I was off the air and at the Y playing ball with guys from campus.

The whole 1986 baseball playoffs were unbelievable, but that's for another blog.

It's 10pm, and I made a promise that I'd go night-night at 10pm tonight. So, until later----good night and buy bonds!