Our projects...dun, dun, dun

We recently discovered with all the rain that Masons room had sort of well...flooded. Ya, it was a great surprise to pull back the bunk beds and see mold all around the wall baseboards (barf). The carpet was completely a loss too. We found out that the dirt in the back yard was too high against the house and water was slowly leaking through. So my handyman husband started digging away. Once we got that under control it was time to deal with the floors inside. With the help of many friends we put in new wood floors throughout most of the house. It looks soooo good and I love how fast and easy I can clean it! Although the back yard is still in shambles (dang that rain won't stop!), we don't have that stinking leak anymore. One more thing to add to that project is we have to put gutters on the house too. That'll be a project of it's own! Our other project wasn't supposed to be such a project. We recently received a new washer and dryer. Yay! Only when the delivery men came to set them up, the machines didn't fit through the door. Oh no...here we go again. Since part of the door frame needed to be taken off, Bowen decided to tile the floor in the laundry room. With help from his friend, Rick, and all of his tile tools they were able to get the floor done super fast. Once the floor was complete and dry (it looks marvelous by the way) we moved in the machines. It was a sort of trial and error getting them set up and working properly, but now I am in love. I'm still catching up on 2 weeks worth of laundry but to have a washer that actually works is so so worth it!

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Now that Bowen has experienced how "easy" it is to put in tile, he wants to continue it through the patio, kitchen, and bathroom :) At times it's kind of tough having put money into your home...especially when you have no choice... but when you can do what you want and make it your home it's worth the price. I've been pretty careful to watch Mase with all of this construction going on, but yesterday he escaped and this is where we found him.