You have heard the saying "Shop til you drop?" After several hours wandering around Home Depot on their wicked concrete floors, my wife could not take any more. I scooted the toilet over so she could sit on the edge of the cart while I finished shopping. With all her Christmas shopping and grocery shopping experience, I never imagined she would wimp out on me like that! In her defense, it was a bit like "The Odyssey."
FOUR CARTS. Three of them were those big construction style ones. We have nearly gutted an old trailer and are putting it back together. That requires some parts. Lots of parts... Lumber, plywood, plumbing and electrical supplies. an upgraded well pump, vinyl flooring, little decorative fufus for the Mrs., a toilet and sink (they did not have the right size tub or that would have been another cart!) The receipt was a couple of pages!
The little place is coming along. The new floor is down, just some finish work to do there. It looks pretty good considering it was used flooring and we have never put in a floor before.
Here is the BIG project in progress... It is just not a home without a bathroom. The septic should be finished in the next month or so. I hope to have the interior all done by the time Jack gets here to dig the lines. I have sworn off overtime at work until I get the overtime at home done!
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Thanks to for continuing to host #MarketFriday, where even guy shopping is celebrated! Be sure to see her latest postwhere she goes girl shopping in a charming harbor town in Maine. Sorry, you cannot bring your moose in the store... they are anti-moosist, it is tragic!