Monday, November 30, 2009

Thanksgiving Week




So I know how lame it is that I didn't get any photos of Thanksgiving, but my mind was pretty preoccupied with all the things I needed to accomplish and I was really stressed about our hardwood floors. Eric and I had to have another go around with them after the floor guy tried twice and didn't do the job we expected. So, before we left for Cody we worked super hard to get the floors ready for another coat of Urethane. We had to pick out all the of the gunk the floor guys put into the holes, refill the holes, sand the holes, stain the holes, prep the floor for the 1st new coat, and then put it on. When we got back on Sunday we sanded them and did another coat. It was a lot of work, but they look so much better than they did before. Even though they are not prefect I would say that we did a pretty fine job on the floors. We are wishing though that we had just taken the money and done them ourselves because they still put us back like 3 weeks with all the problems, and we ended up helping with everything except the sanding (which is the easiest part)-without getting paid for most of it. Essentially we paid someone to do the floors that we ended up doing most of ourselves-really annoying!! Anyways, Thanksgiving was really fun and we were so glad we were able to see Eric's whole family! We had family photos taken as well, so I told my MIL that I would edit them to save some money...so I whipped up a Christmas card for her as well :0). We did lots of fun things in Cody besides shopping, eating, and hanging out/playing games-we went to the movie "Blindside"-which was amazing, and to Cody's downtown light parade. I got a little bit of work done on the computer while we were there too, it was nice to have a break and a chance to catch up on life without the house hanging over our heads! Thanks for all the fun times Oram family!! Love to you all and happy memory making to all my friends!

4 comments:

Aaron and Kira Adams said...

Amber told me about your floors! I am so sorry! You guys have had the worst time with things. Glad you had a great thanksgiving! Are you going to be here for Christmas? I would love to see you!

The Lennons said...

I love the family pictures! They are awesome! Sorry we couldn't catch up while you were here, I can't believe how fast this year is going...Thanksgiving snuck up on me!

Burrups said...

Cute pictures! All the hard work will pay off because you will have a nice home instead of one that isn't done right! Can't wait to see it all finished. Take care!

The Higbee Family said...

Your house is coming along. I love the wood floors. They are beautiful. The e-mail address I have for you failed to send. Would you e-mail me your address?
jen.higbee@hotmail.com