Finishing the Basement: The floor

Well, we finished up the main area ceiling by lunchtime on Saturday, so...rest? NO, start the floor! We/Jeff put down a laminate flooring in the whole area since we sometimes host family dinners. It'll be easier to clean up. The pattern is called tigerwood. I think it looks pretty cool.

Grandma and PawPaw stopped by to see the progress. And PS...Granny, this is the cabinet from your house...out of storage and into the living space!

Tax Refund Spent or Finishing the basement

We've made HUGE strides this past week in working on the basement. We started last Friday with a trip to Menard's. Here's the stuff all boxed up...



And yeah, we had to take every box down to the basement by hand. Well, I helped. Jeff did most of it. Can you say, cardio!? So then, we/he started hanging the grid for the ceiling.



I was behind the scences cutting ceiling tiles to fit. It was cheaper to by the 2'x4' tiles and cut them than to by the smaller size. That was a lot of cutting! But well worth it, a sample was exciting...



But the finished ceiling was so cool! It's starting to look like a room!

Week of Adventures

ad·ven·ture \əd-ˈven-chər\ noun

1 a : an undertaking usually involving danger and unknown risks b : the encountering of risks

2 : an exciting or remarkable experience

This one is my own definition...inspired by numberous family vacation experiences with our friends the Hayes'...

3: an unexpected happening that is often less than desirable

Monday was President's Day...we were all happy to have a day off...we didn't get to sleep in...it was snowy...and we had to get our taxes done. Nothing adventurous about that. Tuesday was normal up until we got home. Lilian started screaming and saying that her arm hurt. She never acted like that before. We ended up in the ER. 3 hours and 6 x-ray's later we were told she had "nurse maid's elbow" which is basically a dislocated elbow. Good thing for little ones is that the bones aren't hard yet...still a lot of cartilage. Once back in place, she was happy as a little clam. Wednesday was my only night at home, so I skipped Bible study. Thursday was a program with my 2nd grade students. They did fabulous! On the way home, however, I got a major flat tire! I'm so thankful to my wonderful hubby who came to my rescue! In the end, we got 4 new tires. Friday we spent our tax refund on a ceiling and a floor for the basement. Looking forward to having that! And since I started writing this blog a few days ago...
Lilian has been to the Dr. and has bronchitis and ear infections. So she is on lots of drugs. The thing is, she never acted sick. But she is in a very good mood now, acting more like a 2 yr old every day. And we've got 4 months to go. Her latest "trick" if you call it that, is talking. It's getting her to stop that is the "trick". My mom just laughed. Wonder why...
Anyways, I guess that's about all of our adventures for the moment. I have a feeling this "adventure" is far from over. For the time being, here's some more current pics: