BEST WEEKEND EVER!!!

Much of this week was a blur. Knowing that we had an appointment for the carpet to be replaced on Friday morning, we spent countless hours scraping the popcorn off the ceilings in the bedrooms, and removing all the carpet. Not too exciting. Thursday did, however, have 2 funny moments.
Thursday:
Before work while I was brushing my teeth, Derek said, "I hope I don't wear my flip flops to work by accident. If I do, I'll end up having to come back home." To which I replied, "Just put on your sneakers right after you get dressed so you don't forget."
.....when I got to school, I realized I had worn my shower shoes to school AGAIN!!

Last week Derek said, "It's a good thing things at work are slow. Things aren't too strenuous now, which is good because I need to have energy to work here." To which I replied, "You better knock on wood because the moment things are about to hit the fan here, work will start asking for overtime and you'll be busy as ever."

On Thursday I received the following text from my husband:
"There needs to be a word for news that is good and bad at the same time. So we're going to be working til 5 the rest of the week and next. And working Saturday, not sure what time on that. I'm getting off at normal time today so I can do as much scraping of the ceiling as I can."

Good Best Friday:

The day I've been waiting for has finally arrived!!! The new carpet is here!!! Here are some before and afters...

Front Bedroom Before

Front Bedroom During

Front Bedroom After!

Middle Bedroom Before

Middle Bedroom During

Middle Bedroom After!

Office Before

Office During

Office After!

Master Bedroom Before

 

Master Bedroom During

Master Bedroom After!

How glorious it is to walk all over a whole lot of money! The whole family is in on the fun!

Carpet Angels

 But that wasn't all! Our friend/former roommate came over and put a window film over our windows so I can shower without my neighbors getting a free show, or having to have a garbage bag over the window!

Half of the window done. Who puts a window this big in a shower?!?!?!

Awesome Saturday:
Derek's birthday and our 2nd anniversary is next week, and for the first time I'm less than a week away and I don't have anything planned. I don't even have a card. Then an idea came to me! What does Derek want? Less work! He has to work all day today, so I hired a co-worker's high school son and his girlfriend and put them to work! Oh to be in high school! Their energy was unbounded! I made a list, and within the first hour and a half they had completed the whole thing and were asking for more to do. I was amazed! When Derek came home I was so excited. He walked in and was on the phone, so I dashed to him and covered his face until he was off. When I uncovered his eyes he was in awe. Instead of seeing this....

He saw this...

Ahhh!! This is no longer a dump! It's a home...our home. My bed is in my bedroom, and there is actually somewhere to sit in the living room! There's still a lot to do, but finally, we have a home.

Sunday:
There are an absurd number of light switches in this house. 42 to be exact, and many of the lights are controlled by 2 or 3 of them. Many of them don't work, but today Derek got to work on that, and we officially have light in this house! Derek let me put together the patio table, and it actually stands and is level!

It's been a wonderful weekend, and I'm looking forward to many more.