I realized that I have not been posting here, but just posting anything worthwhile on the family site. Not sure why…?  I guess life is different here, so I just forgot to do it the same as before I moved.

We rented the floor sander and it is working pretty good getting the glue off the dining room and the tar paper, etc. off the kitchen. The big problem now is that there are black stained stripes across the dining room from where water got down between the stick-on tiles. There are also a few larger black stains. They are just too deep to sand out, even using the course grit. After watching a ton of suggestions on the internet, we decided to try oxalic acid on it. We should be able to get some from Lowe’s or Home Depot, so we’ll see how it goes. We have the sander until Monday morning, then we are probably going to rent an edger to finish the job. I’m not sure the sanders that we own will do the edges as well as an edger would. It shouldn’t take too long to stain and seal the floor, although there is that dry time, when we can’t walk on it. Dad says we’ll just climb in through the back bedroom window to access the part of the house we use. I’m not sure how we are scheduling the painting around the floor re-finishing, but we need to get both done before we leave on Thursday.

It is going to be a busy week. We are even skipping church tomorrow to work. (We won’t make a habit of it – don’t worry!) But one week from tonight we will be with Erica’s family, getting ready for the big birthday party for Maddie! And two weeks from now we should be pulling in with all our STUFF. YEA, STUFF!!  Furniture, bicycles, my car, more clothes, cleaning supplies, the big desk, our BED. Can’t wait! Then we can finally settle in.

Maybe we will even get our driver’s licenses.009

 The Tennessee state bird – the mockingbird.