THE LATEST WRINKLE

 Our carpeting is turning into a wrinkled mess here at the manor. Seems that our "Lady of the Rehab" gave us the cheapest possible shag goods from Home Depot and the poorest quality installation. So what to do? We could have it cleaned and re-stretched but we'd still have a crap carpet. 

Our solution was to visit "Completely Floored," our locally owned flooring store and pick out a very nice wood-like replacement for this stuff in our great room. The bedrooms will have to await another windfall of dollars. We were able to swing this project (though just barely) because Jack sold a Saab 96 transmission he has had in storage. So in a few weeks, we'll have a nice wood floor (actually it is a laminate product that looks just like real blond oak with a no sheen finish. We are keeping the cost down a bit with doing the baseboards (we have none now) ourselves...60 feet of 'em to paint white. Look for updates in April. By the way, the day of the installation is Good Friday...seems appropriate!