Floored!

Well, the floor is coming along nicely. Remember what it looked like after we tore up the carpet? (The pictures are below, if you don't.) We were left with some patches in the living room where there was no hardwood floor. So, we tore those out. Chris and Ivory came over Friday night to help.



Chris, being a stud, sacrificed the lower half of his body to bring the plywood patch over the furnace opening down from the floor level to the subfloor level.



Saturday was a wild party, as amazing friends prepped for sanding by taping wall orifices, pulling staples, and removing and placing wood slats.






The actual sanding was a gritty process. Thanks, guys!




However, the living room floor wasn't ready for a really long time. I estimate the time of this photo as 5am.



Talk about your homemaker!



Sanding down the floor has really been murderous on our schedule this week. We want to stain and lay down the polyurethane at least three days before we move in; and we still have the garage room to finish, not to mention some external stuff. But my dad will be here tomorrow: maybe we'll get done in time!

Also, this work hurts. Pounding wood into place for sixteen hours will cause your fingers to feel new and interesting pain. However, there's always somebody who has it worse:

2Cr 11:25 - Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
And that was just a part of his list. Peace!