OCD

Many of you are aware that I have some OCD tendencies, especially when it comes to my house being clean. I just can’t help myself. I don’t like things to be dusty and I love my vacuum cleaner. I told Bill awhile back that it was not a good idea for us to have carpet. I vacuum and once I see a footprint in the carpet, I want to vacuum again. I’ll be the first to admit I have issues.

This past weekend we tore up the nasty carpet in our living room and put in laminate flooring. When I say “we” I really mean Bill and my dad. I spent all my time chasing Jake. He wanted to be where all the action was and wanted to play with the tools. Yikes! He’s gotten so quick with crawling that I had a hard time keeping up. Once they got some of the flooring down we were able to play and watch. Jake found the foam underlayment fascinating!

We’re still trying to finish up with some small details, like recaulking all the molding. Hopefully Bill still loves me after it’s all said and done. The molding has been a pain. It’s really frustrating, too, when you realize that the builder used the cheapest stuff they could find and then didn’t let the paint dry before placing the molding over the carpet. What a mess. But, I cleaned it up and repainted it all. The caulking and the t-molding for the transition between tile/laminate and carpet/laminate are all we have left. It’s killing me that my living room is out of whack. Good news, I don’t have to panic about footprints in my carpet anymore! Now I can move on to something else crazy!