well... all the rooms in my house are, literally. My wife and I are embarking on a quest to paint most of the rooms in our home (more her than me because I'll admit, i'm not nearly as ambitious as her, though i'll do my best to help.) Because of this, we've moved all the furnature in our living room and our office into the middle. The cats are beside themselves. all their favorite hiding places are gone. Access to their windowsills are gone and thy keep running around me in circles as I type trying to figure out what in the heck is happening. Its kinda funny watching them walk around as their world has just dramagically changed... What would we be like, if in the blink of an eye, all of our hiding spots were gone and if all our favorite places were just out of our reach?
As your dwelling on that deep and philosophical question... I had a chance to help a friend out this evening. We pulled out the carpet in the basement of his rental home. I brought the beer. He brought the trailer and the necessary tools and we went to work. Sweating and grunting like men. we flew through it like we did it as our every day job. Then, only the stairs were left. Thats when we turned into "do-it-your-self-ers." We looked like panzies... it took us only an hour to do the whole basement carpet and padding and another full hour just to do the stairs. It was a pain in the arse! Some genious thought it would be a good idea to use a high powered staple gun to staple the carpet in the creases of the stairs. Not only did they shoot one staple every thre inches into the crease... BUT THEY PUT ABOUT 15 staples into every 3 inches! (I don't know, maybe all carpet men do it this way, but I suspect it was the QUICK & EASY way to install it.) Now I'm definately making it seem harder than it actually was, but I definately need some forgiveness for the dirty words I said while throwing my muscle and weight into trying to pull it out. Ahhh... all is well though, we made it out in 2 hrs. flat, with only 1 trailer load. Saved him $300.00 and thats what I call a good investment of time.
Two other things....
The first, my wife and I are going up to the Boundry Waters Canoe Area to do a little canoeing and camping.
Now I was a boyscout, so i know what to bring, but I'm curious. Have you been there before? Are there any necessary supplies that you love to bring camping? What is your favorite camping meal? That kind of stuff... I'm looking to spice up our camping experience! So please feel free to leave suggestions. Thanks...
The second and final thing I will leave you with......
Ya just gotta dig, "Chicks with guns!"