Floors

I know you all have been clamoring for updates to the blog. I have not too much to report. The concrete stain people were out at the house the week of Thanksgiving. On Monday they prepped the floors for stain and stained them. Tuesday they came out to do touch ups and Wednesday they sealed the floors. The pictures attached are from Tuesday afternoon (I think - before sealing anyway). They are not quite as light as they look in some of the pictures. The flash makes the coloring a little different. I would say the top picture is most representative of the actual color. The floors have since been completely covered to protect them from the rest of the house work. I do believe the sheetrockers will be out sometime this week.

Demo is progressing well also (thanks to Rich who worked all through Thanksgiving and the weekend tearing down walls, panelling, and sawing apart a metal chassis). We were using an open air kitchen for about a week which wasn't too bad until the arctic blast rolled through. After that, it was fairly miserable. Plus, with the hot water heater out I have been boiling water to wash the dishes with. The pictures of demo are from last week. As of today half of the cabinets are out. I think tonight we will probably move the refrigerator and stove.

There are also a few pictures of Rich digging tranches. That was the weekend before Thanksgiving. He spent all weekend digging trenches for the electrical lines, cable lines (I think), septic lines, and water lines. It looked like fun, but he wouldn't let me operate the rock trencher. Good thing too. I think if I demonstrated that I could handle it, he probably would've been happy to hand the job over - at least that's what he did with the lawn mower.
The floor isn't really as blotchy as it appears



We cooked in this for awhile (towards back of house)

Electric and septic trenches