What has been consuming my time?

Lee and I each had a 4-day weekend last week, so we decided to tackle a big project around our house. Refinishing the living room and kitchen floors. So, we turned our dining room into a psuedo-kitchen and got to work.

At one point as we fumbled around in our dining-room-turned-kitchen, Lee said "This is what it would be like living in an efficiency apartment." FYI, I don't want to!
Since I had Thursday and Friday off and Lee had Friday/Monday off, I was in charge of a lot of preparation. I had to remove the THREE layers of linoleum in the kitchen. I got about 1/2 done before it was beyond my capabilities. In the pic to the right you can see some of the decor schemes that they had at different times in the kitchen. Which is worse? Robin egg blue? Or the neon green plaid wallpaper? EEK/

All of the linoleum on the floor left a lot of tar-y glue. This crap was near impossible to remove. The pic on the left was after Lee had been sanding for a good hour. The pic on the right was after about 4 hours. It was brutal.

The end result is always worth it though. Look at these shining new floors. Gorgeous!

However, we still can't put our furniture back until SUNDAY. The floors have to dry for 7 days before total use. So, besides our television and our stove, we're still dealing with no furniture. Oh, and we won't have a kitchen sink for a little while. It really stinks doing the dishes in the bathroom sink, but it is still better than last time we refinished wood floors and went without a bathroom!!!