It's Almost Like Christmas!

Since Sharon still hasn't learned how to put the pictures last, you will see the pictures first!
This is one view of the dining room before going into the kitchen.

Below is a picture of the dining room table and China cabinet.
This one really shows off the floor. Isn't it pretty?

This is another view of the dining room taken from the hall.

Do you remember the excitement you felt growing up when it was almost Christmas? That same look and excitement is in the air for Ellen. Since she bought her home in 1998, she has been talking about one day getting wood floors for her entry way and dining room. We haven't written anything in quite awhile because we both have been working very hard preparing her home for the new floor. (We have decided that you might as well move when you get new carpet, or any type of new floor.) Everything must be packed up. That means all of the glasses, and things that were in her China cabinet, ALL of the things on ALL of the shelves in her entertainment center, everything !

The only things that we didn't move were the heavy things that neither of us had any business moving. The crew did a wonderful job moving things for her. Sharon stayed at Ellen's while the crew came to begin work on the new all wood floor. Where was Ellen, you ask? At work, of course! I have long told her that she has the uncanniest way of slipping out of work. (I'm teasing, of course!) When it is time to do the dishes, she has to go to the bathroom, and conveniently returns after the job is almost done. (Carol, I felt great empathy for you when you all were growing up! She does have this way about her of getting people to do things. I guess that is what makes her so engaging. People love to be around people like that.)

The new floor is absolutely gorgeous. She is completely happy with the look and feel of it. The past two days have been spent washing all of those things that had to be moved and returning them to their correct places. Wednesday, the new carpet arrives for the living room, and the excited look in her eyes will continue, not only because of the new floors, but because Nichole arrives the next week for a visit. Nichole will arrive to a new look, and a very clean house! Merry Christmas in April! Fa la la la la, la la la la!