Archives for April 2012

Had a room service breakfast and lazed in for most of the day, went down to check out the room late in the day to make sure everything was ready. A nice room to work in, got everything set up and on the tables as needed. Called for a Thai delivery for dinner, very nice! Despite all this down time, it seems like we’re still on the edge of recovering from all our recent adventures and activities, just barely enough to have a fantastic Workshop tomorrow!

Spent part of the day packing, but managed to squeeze in a ride with my brother. We’ve all been so busy, we haven’t had much time to go riding, and since we’re leaving tomorrow for a job in DC, today was our only chance. We took a relatively short ride along the back of the canal, along the old Indiantown Road over to Cypress Creek WMA. He’s never been through back there before, so he enjoyed it thoroughly. I was a bit frustrated, as I really wanted to do more trotting and cantering, especially after all I had done in CR, but he was satisfied to mostly walk and sight-see, so I had to be satisfied I was at least back on my horse. One thing I know for sure, I’m going to expect a lot more from Apollo once Hubby and I start riding together again! Got back late in the afternoon (well, we started late : -), finished packing, then called it a night. Early start tomorrow!

Stained and polyurethaned all of the extra bits and pieces while Hubby installed what he could that was prefinished. Everything dry and installed by the end of the day, now it looks even MORE fabulous! Also put new trip around the back door, it had rotted at some point, not sure how or when, but I did discover water gets trapped in the back door, but drains when you hold the door open for a few minutes, not sure where it’s coming from but glad to know how to avoid it doing any more damage. This was a job LONG waiting to be done, and we’re thrilled it finally is finished, and delighted with how it looks. Whew!

Apollo and his bug-eating bird

Finished off the floor today, it looks FABULOUS! It didn’t take long to finish it off, so then we went out to get all the trim, corner molding, stain, etc. in order to finish the job. Too late to do any more by the time we got back, so we settled down for the evening to recharge our batteries.

Time to get busy getting ready to move out, now that spring is here. Spent the day doing spring cleaning while Hubby started to prep the kitchen floor, to finish the job we started back in January, i.e. actually laying a new floor down on top of the repairs he made. It’s already been bought, we have just been storing it until we had time (and deadline) to tackle it. I spend the day feverishly trying to get the rest of my big spring cleaning done, a slow but necessary process. Didn’t stop til well after 7:00, exhausting ourselves, but we know it’s the only way to get the job done!

While I continued spring cleaning, Hubby (with my intermittent help) started to lay the floor. We had bought an Armstrong Click-Lock laminate that actually looks like a beautiful Italian stone, what’s known as a floating floor, so it was just a matter of cutting it to shape, locking it together, and nudging up to the corners. The only challenge was where it fit into the slide, that took us quite a while to get right. Worked late again, got about half the floor finished. As always, everything takes precisely twice as long to do as you think it will!

Finally finished up the laundry, made it a relaxing movie day.

Hubby had a doctor’s appointment, just a follow-up to his back shots, one last adjustment today, and we’re done!

More of the same, laundry, rest, repeat.