Our "Hardwood" Week

With the pounding of hardwood floor installation and later the "smell" of the finish, we made some adjustments in our plans for the week.  We did temple sessions on Tuesday and Friday...Gary also went on Wednesday while Jena and I spent the afternoon running errands and getting her to her Institute class.

Thursday morning, we packed up and headed to Ogden because that was the day that they stained the floors and the smell made the house not fit for humans or anyone.  (Gary and I can attest as we had to go over that afternoon to open some windows to air it out.  The installers needed it to dry to a certain level before windows were open.  Our eyes, lungs, and stomachs almost immediately reacted to the stuff in the air.  It was crazy.)

We met Gary and Vonette for breakfast at IHOP, then we headed to the Layton mall to walk around for a bit before our movie "Paddington Does Peru" started at a nearby theatre.  That finished just in time to pick up Ben and then head to Ogden again to check into our hotel for the night.

Jena and I at the Ogden Temple on Tuesday
We drove separate cars so that Gary could do
another session afterwards.

It has been a long time since we walked the
Layton Hills Mall. We didn't know they
had a rock shop there.

Movie time at the Cinemark in Layton.....caught Jena waving at me.

Just in case you don't know who
Paddington is.  We were the only three people
in the theatre.

We went to the Pita Pit for dinner and all enjoyed our food and fruit smoothies.

Friday morning at the Ogden Temple.......

We were able to get back into our house on Friday afternoon with many windows open and the furnace fan blowing continually for the afternoon and evening.  We have been blessed with excellent weather all of this week which we appreciated with the remodeling done.

Although we do now have a new sink installed in our kitchen....

as you can see, it isn't attached to plumbing yet so not useful.

So this is how we wash dishes currently.  We carry them upstairs and use our utility sink to wash and rinse them, then they dry on top of our dryer.

Glad we have some options.  It is better than using the small bathroom sinks in the house. The "joys" of remolding!