by Kristin Echols | Mar 25, 2018 | DIY Projects, Homestead, Moving
We have been so busy the last few days, that by the end of the day I’m too tired to blog. Tuesday through Thursday we tore up wood flooring, and Friday we finally got to start laying the new flooring in the kitchen and living room. This vinyl plank flooring is...
by Kristin Echols | Mar 22, 2018 | DIY Projects, Homestead
Another full day of demolition as we continued tearing out wood flooring. The kitchen is done with the exception of the flooring under the island. The goal for tomorrow is to lift the island and put it on furniture dollies so we can spin it and remove the remaining...
by Kristin Echols | Mar 21, 2018 | DIY Projects, Homestead
When we were here in January, we pulled up all the old carpet and pad. We have been walking on bare plywood since. The only room with intact flooring was the kitchen. So what did we do today? Destroy the wood floor in the kitchen. Shawn sawed lines through the floor...
by Kristin Echols | Mar 21, 2018 | Homestead
The first Monday as retired folks and my damn alarm goes off at 5:51 AM (I always use the 9-minute snooze at least one time). Yeah, I fixed that. In the future the only time I’ll be setting an alarm is when I need to catch a flight. The first order of business...
by Kristin Echols | Mar 17, 2018 | Travel
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by Kristin Echols | Mar 16, 2018 | Retirement
Shawn and I both had our retirement parties at work on Thursday. I think the emotions of it all surprised both of us. It is hard to say goodbye to people you have spent 5 days-a-week with for years. My party was in the morning, and my team provided a great spread of...
by Kristin Echols | Feb 12, 2018 | Retirement
Early this morning while lying awake in bed, I did some mental math and realized I would be retiring from my career in IT almost exactly 30 years from the day I started my first job out of college. It is a bittersweet experience. While I’m excited about the next...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 19, 2018 | Moving
We spent the majority of our day working on the guest room flooring. An early morning trip into Coeur d’Alene (CDA from now on because it’s easier to type) for more flooring and assorted supplies at Home Depot. You can’t go into town without a trip to Home Depot to...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 18, 2018 | Moving
There were so many other blog titles that went through my mind today while tearing out carpet, such as “Carpet is Disgusting”, “I Know Where All the Dead Skin Cells Go”, “What the Hell Were These People Doing on Their Carpet? Sacrificing Animals?” We have been tearing...
by Kristin Echols | Jan 17, 2018 | Moving
On December 30, 2017, we closed on our new house in Idaho. We sent 2 out of 3 PODs worth of our stuff to Idaho in the first week of January, and now we are spending a week in Idaho. We had great plans of arriving on Saturday afternoon and having a few hours to unpack...
