We have at last begun putting down the wood flooring upstairs. After one night’s work, it looks like we are gearing up for a fashion show in our future bedroom. Here’s Henry working the catwalk, errr, dogwalk.

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Yes I know. How is it that we still are living in the house that we were supposed to give to the Good Will a month ago because we failed to meet our last deadline. Simple. We are bad people.

Seems we respond better to rewards than threats, the reward being progress.

The flooring we bought is pretty fantastic. It is called Vida Grandis, which roughly translates from Spanish and Latin to Magnificent Life. It was only about $3/sf with our industry discount, and it’s a good sustainable alternative to many other wood floors out there. It’s from Argentinian Eucalyptus trees found in FSC-certified forests. It’s kind of pinkish, but we’ll either deal with it or try a brownish, hopefully non-toxic-ish stain.

Tomorrow someone is coming to measure for the bathroom mirror and glass shower enclosure/door. Just trying to do our part to keep the economy kicking. Amazing how quickly people call us back lately…seems that not many people are in need of glass and mirrors these days. I wonder if the smoke and mirrors people are doing any better.