Jay and Kelly's weekend

Since CC recounted her weekend with Lisa and Brady, I thought I'd regale you with my weekend of fun (;>). This will be a thick description of the thick weather weekend here in Missouri--think scorching heat and manual labor. Jay and I spent Saturday loading long floor boards to replace the old carpet at the condo in Steamboat Springs, Colorado (see the note below if you don't know about our condo). Imagine 6 pallets of varying length boards, all stacked up. Luckily Jay is forklight certified and can move them around with that. Then imagine having to comb through those pallets to get 8 foot pieces, all the same width--for 400 square feet worth. Then imagine us in the searing heat of 95 degrees for two hours. Sheesh. We got to cool down when during lunch and then were back at it again for another couple of hours. It was one of those things where you are sweating so much it gets in your eyes and on your sunglasses. But, as Jay reminds me, it's free flooring for the condo...whatever.

Next step is to stain all those 8 foot long pieces, individually. He started on Sunday and has about 4 weeks to get it all stained. He's doing it as I type now at 8:00pm Monday evening. Here's a picture of him in the carport with all the boards in the trailer in the foreground and all the boards he's stained stacked on the wall. Jay is in his element with these kinds of projects. He's one of those "rather do it myself" kind of guys. You gotta appreciate that. Then in early September, Jay will drive out to Colorado and install the flooring himself. That will complete the remodeling of the condo and we should be done with that for awhile.


Note: We bought a condo in Steamboat Springs, CO three years ago as investment property. It's right at the ski resort and we rent it during the ski season (and other times as well). We go two times a year; once to ski and once to do work/enjoy the place.