Tuesday, May 13, 2008

First Time For Everything: Floor Refinishing

FRIDAY, MAY 12:
9:00 am- Cindy and girls begin moving everything out of the master bedroom. Cindy packs 2 days worth of clothes and prepares for sleeping in the living room. Abby moves to her sisters' bedroom, since her room will be PACKED with furniture and other items from Mom and Dad's bedroom.
10:00 am- Cindy decides that since the closet is empty it really should be painted. The daughters are obliging.
12:45 pm- Tom takes off work
2:00 pm- Tom and Cindy go to Lowe's to rent sander and buy supplies
3:00 pm-Tom begins sanding. 3:30 pm- Cindy makes second trip to Lowe's
4:00 pm- Tom briefly allows Cindy to use sander- not that she wants the job but she really wants to give it a try.
5:00 pm- Cindy makes yet another trip to Lowe's for other reasons. FLOWERS8:00 pm- Sanding and clean-up is complete.
SATURDAY, MAY 13:
8:00 am- Tom reads the can of polyurethane. This is a different brand from the one picked out 3 days previously. It does not take 6 hours for the first coat to dry, but 12 hours! The second coat cannot go on until 9:00pm.
8:01 am- Tom continues to read can. It is not a 24 hour waiting period after the second coat, but a 3 day wait!
8:02 am- Cindy stifles screams.
8:05 am- Tom and Cindy begin first coat of polyurethane,
9:00 am- The 12 hour wait begins.

9:00 pm- Still not dry

10:00 pm- Still not dry

11:00 pm- Still not dry

12:00 midnight- Still not dry

SUNDAY, MAY 12:
3:30 am- Tom gets up to begin hand sanding the floor.
3:45 am- Cindy hears Tom sanding the floor but takes 15 minutes to get up.
4:00 am- Tom and Cindy sand in their pajamas .


5:00 am- Cindy puts on coffee. Second coat of polyurethane goes on.


TUESDAY, MAY 13

7:00 pm- Bed goes back into bedroom. YEAH!!!!

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