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Taking Our Insulation for a Drive

Yep...we bought our insulation in June and we really felt that it needed to get out for a while so we took it down to Duluth!!!

OK, not really but sort of. We bought all of the insulation for the house last June and now it is time to start insulating the basement. The studs upstairs were 16" in center, but the studs in the new basement are only 12" so we decided rather than David cutting all of the insulation we would return the 16" stuff and buy 12". So we loaded the insulation on the truck and put the kids in the back seat and off we went to Duluth. Actually we had some other stuff to do down there too. Anyway, we went to Home Depot and David and an employee unloaded the insulation and put in on two carts and brought it into the store. The lady gave us a store credit because we brought the wrong receipit down and we headed to the insulation asile to get our 12" stuff. Guess what, THEY DON'T MAKE 12" INSULATION!!! So, feeling really dumb, we grabbed the two carts with our insulation still on it, and headed to the checkout. Unfortunately, they called the same young man to come and help us load the insulation back on to the truck so we got busted!!!

The upside of the story is that on the way to the insulation asile, we passed a "hot deal" sign by some flooring. They had 3/4" thick 2 1/4" wide solid oak wood flooring on sale for $2.99 a sq ft. The manufactured thin flooring is $2.49 a sq ft so this was a really good deal. We needed 500 sq ft so you do the math!!! It was the exact color that I wanted too, which is darker than my mother wanted but since it was a really good deal we made an executive decision and got it. I am really excited about having real hardwood floors in the kitchen and dining room, but I am nervous too. With 5 cats, 2 kids and 1 dog, can you say throw rugs for the next 18 years!!!!

Another piece of good news!!! We rented the Uhaul and will be going to Duluth next weekend, I think it is the 12th to get our stuff out of storage. I can't believe it. After 2 months short of 2 years, I will have my stuff back. It will be like Christmas. I really am excited to have it, but I sure do dread the loading and unloading the truck. Pray for good weather that weekend.

posted by Colleen @ 9:36 AM