It depends on what you would characterize as “working”. If by working you mean putting an hours worth of work every six months, then yes – I am still working on the Pergo. Hey, all of our floors are covered. We just need a little touch up. Cheryl got excited when I told her I had done some work on the floor on Saturday while she was at work. She was a little less excited when she…
10 p.m.: my normal bed time.
11:30 p.m.: I go to bed.
Midnight: I go to sleep.
5:45 a.m.: I reluctantly wake up.
5:50: I reluctantly get out of bed.
6:50: Cheryl and Beth leave the house.
7:50: I leave the house.
7:51: car doesn’t start.
7:52: I return to the house.
7:53: I leave the house with my bike.
8:05: I arrive at Beth’s school five minutes late and awfully tired.
9:00: I return…
How long do you expect things to last? Have you ever bought something new and been disappointed right out of the box? At what point do you decide to give up and start over with an alternative?
What if it was a car? What if the replacement to this hypothetical car would cost more in monthly loan payments (than the annual accumulation of repair bills), but the sight of this car drove you to a rage?
Did I mention last week that we were painting? Well, we are. Did I mention what we are painting? We are painting our living room, dining area and hallway. Did you hear what color we are using? We’re painting the living room a light shade of green, the hallway a darker shade of green, and the dining area blue. Well, Cheryl THINKS we are painting the dining area blue. I’m not to sure…
The upshot to all of this is that we may have saved some money repairing our microwave instead of buying new. The dang thing was only two years old, so we figured it ought to have more life left to it. Plus, repairing it only cost 1/2 the cost of a new one. I told Cheryl this when we were deciding whether to repair it. It was a verbal exchange that, to me, spoke volumes about our personalities.
Sure things break, but do they have to break all at once? Here’s this week’s tally: Cheryl’s car (twice), our DVD player, the microwave oven, and my patience. Oh, I forgot to mention the rotting trim on the front porch. Cheryl’s car is not a surprise. I’ve regretted that purchase for 5 years now. The other things are relatively new, so they shouldn’t have…
This weekend “we” made a little more progress on the Pergo front. “We” tackled the dread step project. The details are too dry to discuss here (like that has ever stopped me before), but I will go so far as to say that it was good for a full days worth of fiddling around. Cheryl’s just happy that she won’t have to look at the exposed green Pergo padding on our…
Well, we finally put that baby to bed! I can now say that the floor is mostly done. You may think that being mostly done is a dubious accomplishment, but it is significant. We can now reclaim all of our space as living space (as opposed to construction space). Most of the furniture has been recovered from the spare room. The doors have returned to their proper place in the doorways. We can walk…
Yes, I’m going to talk about Pergo again. Our Independence Day weekend was filled with work, flooring work. Wednesday night we pulled up the carpet. Thursday we pulled up the tack strips and put down floor planks. Friday we put down floor planks. Saturday we finished off some molding and moved back into our living room. Sunday we hung closet doors and collapsed. I’m afraid it does not…