Headed Home

You ever been asleep and get the feeling you are being stared at?  The feeling that something is inches away from your face intently staring... Yeah, well I have that feeling almost every morning. As I open my eyes, there she is. As soon as she sees my eyes open, she jumps on me and starts licking my face. Disgusting really...... That is how Barb wakes me up every morning. So annoying, but I would not have it any other way. 

This week our smallest fur baby turned one year old, on valentine's day to be exact. We had a big party with 4 dogs invited. Barb made a birthday cake for Zoey. I saw her put carrots, peanut butter, honey and flour in it. I guess it was edible by humans, but I did not try it, but the dogs really seemed to like it!

                                    

                                               Jack and Zoey                              Jack, Chloe and Zoey

This is the best picture I could get of the cake Barb made, when she put it down there were so many dogs attacking it, I just could not get a good picture!

Although not trilled, even Dakota got in on the action!

Zoey and Chloe have become best buds. They run and play constantly. I took a couple of videos of them for your viewing pleasure.....

When Zoey is not playing with Chloe, she is terrorizing their cat, Charlotte. Zoey gets hyper focused on Charlotte, gets into sneak mode and attacks. Charlotte just basically does a couple of jumps to get away, but one time Zoey did get a mouth full of fur. She found a safe spot however where Zoey cannot get her!

Zoey intently watching on the right side of the picture

And our final Zoey moment this week was her first trip to Walmart! Yes, Barb has become that lady in Walmart.

The rest of the week was work, work, work. I was afraid that we had more work than we had time, so we hit it pretty hard. We were reflooring the entire main floor of the house. This meant removing all the trim and ripping up the existing vinyl planking in the living area and the carpet in the bedroom. We were a little surprised to find linoleum under the planking and thought maybe we had to replace that too, we made a quick call to Kevin who said just put the new flooring over it. 

Before we put the new flooring down, we had to put screws in throughout the entire level. Whoever built this house originally did not glue the subfloor, nor did they use ring shank nails so the floor squeaked like crazy! We ended up putting over 700 down, but we got rid of almost every squeak!

Barb putting screws in the lovely linoleum 

That flooring project took 7 days, I spent so much time on my knees I left like Dino groveling for forgiveness after another all-night bender! One of the hardest things was working around the existing furniture and appliances, always having to move them out of the way. The new flooring made a huge difference, and the place looks great!

We were also working on the stair railings downstairs.   Last time we were here, we replaced the railings on the upper stairs. This trip it was time to tackle the bottom stair rails. The old railings were just constructed out of 2x4 material and Somer wanted them replaced with something a little nicer. 

                              

 

Next step on the stairs is to get the carpet replaced. 

While doing all this Barb and Somer were working on sanding and repainting the cabinets and walls in the kitchen which went from this to this in 10 days or so. 

                                  

Last but not least we installed a barn door on the bathroom door in the master bedroom. 

To say we were exhausted at the end of each day would be an understatement, but we got it all done and are now ready to head back home to South Dakota. We loaded up our trailer taking a couple of Forrest's mounts as they are going to sell their house in a few months. So, if you know someone looking for 11 acres of paradise in Klamath Falls I know just the realtor! 

    

We have said goodbye to Forrest, Somer, Lily, Jack Chloe and Charlotte and sadly, our truck, we are going to miss it. It is going to be the perfect truck for them as they start their own fulltime RV adventure later this year! This just might be the last time we are here but who knows what the future beholds....

 We are now headed east to South Dakota where we have a list of things to do but #1 on that list is to grab a cocktail, get in the hot tub and relax!