we were FLOORED

Its been awhile in getting to this point but our hardwood is finally laid. All along we were committed to doing them ourselves but, with the clock ticking on our patience and our stress levels about to explode, we hired professionals. The floor was really unlevel, it turned out, and the guys had to spend more than a day building up the floor to get it level (or at least flat).
To help us usher in the new floor and our pending move upstairs, Neal and Kelly came for a visit.



When I arrived home from work, Sarah and Kelly were relaxing on our new leather sofa. They spent the afternoon wining, but somewhere in the mix, they managed to install our new toilet in the bathroom.
More on that later.



We moved the fridge into place and had the dishwasher wired in and we spent the week getting our kitchen organized. There was one small glitch however. The wine fridge - the one we took painstaking time measuring and double-checking to make sure it would fit - she don't fit. SO, we've made arrangements with the place that installed our kitchen (because it was kinda their error that caused the problem) and they're going to help make amends.

Have to say, I'm loving the fridge, nearly 26 cubic feet of awesomeness. You know you're getting old(er) when you get excited about something that keeps your veggies cold and your milk from turning sour. And after eight months of cooking in our makeshift kitchen, Sarah is loving the new convection oven. And, I swear the coffee tastes better.

Last weekend, Carmela (the monster-in-law) came for a visit. These pizzas were our inaugural dinner using the new stove.

Remember the new toilet? Yeah? Well, speaking of inaugural use see below.