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We are going on vacation...somewhat. Things being what they are, we have very little time for vacation this year. Hubby has five weeks vacation through work, but we cannot afford to take them if we want to fix up the house. Soooo...

We are going to take 7 days to go to the West Coast to see hubby's nephew married. Then we'll come back in time for an Awards Night I am supposed to attend. And then we'll head to a friend's community for their 100th birthday bash for a weekend. ...

Time to take a break and look at what needs to be done, and realistically what can be done! Hubby sat down and made his 'dream list' of renovations on the property. A quick tally and I quit adding up the dollars when I hit $75,000.00. Here's the list, including the priority we placed on them. Bear in mind this man wants to retire in two years!

#1 Priority

• Remove tree in backyard that is causing foundation problems.
• Repair damage to wall from shifting house.
• Install

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We spent Sunday on the renovation too. Hubby installed the light and exchanged the switches and switch plate. We also bought a door stop to fit over the door hinge and he installed it. Works great!

Monday we spent a lot of time looking over flooring options. As I pointed out to hubby, the cheapest route to go is to try and save what we currently have. BUT, if that is not possible, we need to look at alternatives. We ended up coming home with a couple samples of Pergo flooring. ...

Hubby came home, opened the door, said "Whhaaa...???" and laughed. He wanted to know what happened. I told him I was bored. He wanted to know me and who else. So I told him my friend helped me. He agreed it looks much brighter and better.

However, he lamented the loss of the green ceiling , was not very happy about the floors (but then neither am I) , and was not happy about the loss of his precious falling apart boot rack. The one I made that really ...

I have done all I can do without further input from hubby. He arrives home tonight. We'll see what he says.

Thursday morning he left early for his conference, not suspecting a thing. Thursday morning my student phoned me canceling our cooking class because her daughter was home from school sick. That meant I could start on emptying out the closet and demolition right away. And I did! I only hit a snag with the linoleum floor. The people who built the entry laid the linoleum ...