ALL FOR NOTHING?

Yesterday new laminate floors were installed in our two bedrooms. We were to be responsible for moving the computer, plants, lamps and other things that could break when the work was being done. We would also have to clean out the bottom of our closets because the wood would extend into them. The workers would handle the heavy moving.

In order to accomplish all this, we first cleaned out under the beds all that junk that we’ve accumulated in the past eight years since moving here, as well as the clothes we’ve been meaning to get rid of. As a result, we delivered a trunk load of things to the local thrift store and other large things were picked up by a  group home for the handicapped.

Due to all our efforts the house is as clean as it’s ever been. We moved so many things out of the way for the installers to move the large pieces out of the bedrooms, the house then became a total mess until the work was finished.

After all our preparations, all they did was move the furniture to one side of the bedrooms until one side was finished and then moved it back to the other side. And here we were with the furnishings in the living room, dining room and family room all pushed aside and covered with all the rest of our junk, bedding and linens.

Was it all worth the bother? You bet it was.