by Kristin Echols | Mar 26, 2018 | DIY Projects, Homestead, Technology
Today’s blog is all about weather. We woke up to a beautiful, clear, sunny morning. We drove into Coeur d’Alene for breakfast, and it was cloudy and overcast. We’ve noticed a few times that when it is sunny at our place it is dismal in CDA. We...
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...
