I'm So Old!!!

[Janet]

I painted my bedroom today. Okay, let me back up....yesterday, I moved a lot of things from my room to the living room except for the really big items...bed, dresser..etc. Today I painted the bedroom. My bedroom is the width of the house..really big and I painted it twice for good coverage. Tomorrow, if I'm able, I will shampoo the carpet and then on Friday, put the room back together.

I am so darn sore I can hardly move. I just don't know if I'm going to be able to finish painting the house or not. I would like to paint the hall and family room for sure and then the dog/computer room and the living room.

After sitting here for a few checking out 4WT, I will have soooo much pain standing up. I may just have to stay on the computer all night.....LOLOL....NOT!!!

[DianaB]

You should have taken some Tylenol or something to help with the aches and pains. Take some tomorrow and it will help you.

[Marilyn]

Try Advil. It reduces inflammation. So glad you are getting so much accomplished this summer. Way to go, old gal!!! You will have to post more pics when you are finished.

BTW, Hubby and I have just started having cashiers in restaurants ask us if we are seniors!!!! And baggers at groceries are offering to help us carry out our bags!!

Tonight we were at a drive through paying for food with exact change and they ask if we were seniors. Hubby said he is 56, and they said you sure are, and gave us money back!!!!

I'm not sure we are ready for this!!! Melissa gets married, and suddenly we look old or something. Maybe the wedding took more out of us than we thought.

[goofywife]

I hear ya! I just moved all the furniture in my bow room last weekend and I pulled a muscle. It is a bummed. Ge well. Take some motrin.

[2tiredmom]

After all this you will need a day at the spa...............
A massage will work wonders.......................
Have fun but don't over do it. When does school start down there?

[HALEY]

Wow Janet you are on a roll, i bet your house looks so nice !

[Janet]

It's starting to look nice Haley, but I still have a lot of work to do and I would like to get some new flooring, just not sure what I want yet. I took some ibuprophen and it has helped some. Well, I'd better get back to shampooing.

[HALEY]

Originally Posted by Janet

It's starting to look nice Haley, but I still have a lot of work to do and I would like to get some new flooring, just not sure what I want yet. I took some ibuprophen and it has helped some. Well, I'd better get back to shampooing.

You go girl, i got alot of cleaning done when i had those 5 days off.. i also shampooed my rugs, it looks and smells so nice... plus bathing the dogs all so helped, Micah actually helped me bath the dogs, oh boy what a mess !!! LOL...

[Tink]

Well done Janet! I'm sure it's shaping up nicely around there.
Painting is hard work and I remember how sore I was just a few weeks ago when I was helping my daughter do hers. It's frustrating 'cause we can still accomplish things, we just have to really push ourselves to do it and then have a longer recuperation time.

HUGS give yourself some rest in between.

[DianaB]

I'd rather be helping you paint then do paper work. I'm so behind on paper work that it's not funny. Today looks like another day at the computer.........now if I can just stay off of e-bay and 4WT!!!!

You know, Janet, that we're going to want pictures!!!!

[Marilyn]

Originally Posted by Janet

It's starting to look nice Haley, but I still have a lot of work to do and I would like to get some new flooring, just not sure what I want yet. I took some ibuprophen and it has helped some. Well, I'd better get back to shampooing.

Janet, you mentioned new flooring. We're getting rid of most of our carpet on the first floor of our home. The area around the living room is ceramic tile, so we are going with tile in the living room. We were thinking of laminate in the bedroom, a type by Armstrong that I mentioned to Judy in an earlier thread, then we looked at something else new. Don't go yuck, when I tell you. It's vinyl plank flooring. The flooring store we use has it down in their entry and the walkway to their office. It looks so much like wood that my hubby the custom builder was fooled. It really looks like wood. The pieces of vinyl are in planks with texture and color like wood. They are even contoured on the edges so that when it is laid, it looks like wooden planks. It's less expensive than laminate, more durable and does not have a hollow sound when you walk on it.

Here are a couple of links to some information on it: http://www.associatedcontent.com/art..._of_vinyl.html
http://homeimprovement.superpages.co...-flooring.html

Here are some pictures:
http://www.owencarpet.com/vinyl_plank.htm
and a video about one manufacturer's product:
http://www.konectousa.com/video/index.html

Just though you and others might be interested. When I mentioned it to some friends and family they could not believe I was actually considering vinyl in our bedroom. They just don't understand what the product looks like. I think I might still put an area rug under the bed or at least a runner down each side. I'm tired of our pets having accidents on the carpet and having to steam clean so often. Think we will do the tile first in the living area and then decide for sure about the bedroom.

[Tink]

Marilyn, that flooring sounds ideal!
I plan to show Greg the info yu shared as I am in desperate need of new flooring and would love something that's durable but looks like wood.

Thanks for sharing!

[jrsygal37]

Janet you sound like me. I have been doing the same. Moved everything myself, spackled and painted and of course cleaned up as well. I still have some more painting to do but took a short a break due to All-Stars (Baseball). Not sure what kind of flooring you are looking for but I just had lamiates put in. They are wonderful. I opted for this over wood as it hold up well. I have five Yorkies and needed soemthig that would withstand them running all over it with their nails and of course the occassional piddle. LOL. Elaine

[Marilyn]

Our flooring supplier recommends the vinyl plank over laminate due to it's appearance, quietness, and durability. It is more moisture resistant than laminate and therefore more resistant to pet accidents.

We buy many thousands of dollars in flooring from her annually for clients. I don't think she would steer us wrong on recommendations for our personal home.

I'm not trying to sell either product, just sharing what we were told by someone who should know since she has to deal with manufacturers and their warranties for the various products on a daily basis.

[highlans]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

Our flooring supplier recommends the vinyl plank over laminate due to it's appearance, quietness, and durability. It is more moisture resistant than laminate and therefore more resistant to pet accidents.

We buy many thousands of dollars in flooring from her annually for clients. I don't think she would steer us wrong on recommendations for our personal home.

I'm not trying to sell either product, just sharing what we were told by someone who should know since she has to deal with manufacturers and their warranties for the various products on a daily basis.

Wow love that we have a lot of wooden flooring around our house but it noisey, this sounds ideal but have not seen it over here.