Grandma Mis

Mis is going in for some shots in her spine tomorrow to relieve back pain. The pain has been going down her legs. She has been walking around like an old lady. She has tried my moms walker, but crutches seem a little easier. Some days are better than others. You know Mis (stubborn farmer), she of course had to help with the flooring. Again, I told her not to, but again...she didn't listen and it made her back even worse. She spent most of the day on the couch. Her sis came and helped her with everything today. Thank you Kris for everything you do!!!!!!
Mis goes to the surgeon next week to determine if surgery is the answer. Answers, that is the question.
Mis, I love you and hope for the best. Keep up your positive attitude and keep fighting like you always do. By the way, where is the iron?

Mis got what she wanted

She has been telling everyone not to worry about wiping their feet

or even worry about spilling their food

what about markers?

Can you believe this?

When Mis puts her mind to it, she does it.

She saved her very generous gifts from Christmas and Birthday and(Yes, Amanda, I did get her something for both occasions) she found some laminate flooring she wanted. I came home and found that the kids had a blast with permenant markers.
So, without further delay, we began the work.



It was a slow and painful process pulling up all of the linoleum and the sub-particle board-floor. It just chipped into pieces. We had a lot of great help, Kris and her kids came to play, Andy & Larry & Cayman, Curtis, the Lunds,and my brother in law Andy came with their kids. We were/are very gratefull for all of there blood, sweat and elbow grease. Andy was gracious enough to bungee his pants to prevent "plumbers crack". (Wish others did)



Then came the install of many cuts, fitting, smacking, swearing(Mis), and kneeling on the floor. We thank our friends for learning from their mistakes when we helped them install their floors. Too bad they weren't here to help. It is interesting they are not around when you need them :) Thanks again to family and friends, we got it all done on Monday.


We even added an extra cabinet for storage space.

The question we all have in our mind is how long this floor will last. Four boys, a farmer, and a banker. Mmmmmmm, we hope it lasts a very long time.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP!!!!!!