Several months ago, we asked our Amish neighbor about fixing the floor in our bedroom. When we bought our house, the bedroom wasn't there. The master bedroom was supposed to be on the first floor, too far away from the other bedrooms. I was pregnant at the time of our move, and we already had three small children. I knew we could use a baby monitor, but I just felt I wanted to be upstairs with our children. We used one of the small bedrooms upstairs for a time, but my dad offered to finish some of the "storage space" to make us a "proper" master bedroom. My dad has the best of intentions, but the work isn't always what we have in mind. The bedroom is huge. The closet is the size of a small bedroom. The floor, however, just didn't turn out right It was very curvy, and floors shouldn't really be curvy. So, for the last four years, we've had various carpet remnants, laid in a mismatched, quilt-ish pattern. And, for a floor, that is not really a good look. So, last week, our Amish neighbor laid OSB board, to make a good sub-floor for our room. We have been living in the upstairs family room, on the futon while the updates are being made to our room.
I am getting ready to have surgery, so I would like to have the room put back together before I can't lift anything. So, today, I went to Lowe's and bought floor paint, and painted the sub-floor. It is beautiful! We really can't afford to put carpeting or any other flooring down right now, so this quick fix is awesome for us right now.
2.) Gavin and Zoey helped--without fighting
I didn't paint the floor all by myself. My son Gavin, and daughter, Zoey, helped. I have four children, Max and Alex (twins-age9), Gavin (age 7), and Zoey (age 5), and, Max and Alex are staying with my husband's parents' for the week. When you are accustomed to having four children, and take two out of the mix, it makes a huge difference in their behavior. And, when you have four children, they fight all the time! So, today, when I got home from Lowe's, I asked the kids if they wanted to help with a very important job. Of course, they did. Gavin did almost half the room! Zoey did a little bit of the room. But, they helped. And, they did not fight. So, I consider that a huge accomplishment.
3.) I was done with work in two and a half hours today
I am a rural carrier for the post office. My job is very strenuous at times, and during the winter, it is horrible. But, during the summer, the mail is a little bit lighter, and we can finish early at times. I happen to have the "short route" at our post office. It's called an auxilliary route, or "Auxi", in postal terms. I drive the "LLV", or the little white post office truck. It's not exactly a glamorous job, but on days like to day, you can't beat it.
Good start. I like it. =)
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