Day 64 April 19

David's efforts really paid off, it looks fabulous!

A refreshing day in the sense that it was actually a bit of a day off for David! He stayed home AND received maybe only 4 phone calls throughout the entire day! We’ll take it :o) David and I started the day prepping the doorways of the 2 bedrooms and bathroom downstairs. David wanted the seam of where the wood and carpet/tile meet to be in the center of the door, so you don’t see the opposing material from the room you’re in. So I tackled cutting back the carpet to the bedrooms, while David manned the small tile pieces in front of the bathroom.

I finished earlier than David so I worked on wiring the outlet for the range. I managed 3 of the 4 wires, but after about 10 minutes of shear frustration with the last not going in its hole, I thought it best for all of our sakes if I just walk away and work on something else. David ended up coming back and finishing my work… hmmm, I’m noticing a theme with David finishing my work :o). He struggled as well, and felt frustration when we couldn’t locate the one screw we were saving that attached the cover, but in the end he managed a different screw to do the trick.

The last little detail we had was to install the track lighting. I had attempted to hang it yesterday but it was too heavy and cumbersome for just one person to do it safely. So in no time with the two of us working together, it was wired, secured, and with a flip of the switch it glowed bright! As of now I’m sitting in the middle of keeping it or returning it. It gives off great light to the space, but with that light also shines bright on the imperfections in the walls from mudding and painting. I also seems like it adds just too much “fixtures” in the space, but I figured we keep it for now and if I’m still hesitant about it in a few months, we can take it back and just put a cover over the space in the ceiling.

Once we completed the small tasks, the only thing left to do to prep for the installation of the floor tomorrow was to clear the space out. I worked on cleaning off the supply table so we could move it outside later, while David swept and vacuumed. I haphazardly threw stuff into boxes and put them in the garage, hoping if we are to need anything in them I could remember where they were. We’ll see how well that goes.