Flat Amy

Remember last post where I was letting some floor levelizing cement dry? Turns out I mis-mixed that cement and it turned into a minor disaster, solidifying into a dried up lakebed:

After much rip up and many apologies to my overworked vacuums, I finally got it right on the 4th application:

Then continued laying planks nights and weekends:

Here I am on row 100:

For my 25 IBM anniversary 5 years ago I got a nice set of DeWalt cordless tools. Finally put them to good use:

My $110 table saw has also been getting a good workout. I figured about 300 cuts so far:

Last weekend, I finished the living room! See if you can tell the difference … before:

And after:

As a reward, I treated myself to a floor cleaning robot. This guy is a $300 Mint 5200:

Unlike the Roombas, these guys don’t vacuum up stuff, they collect it on their replaceable Swiffer or washable microfiber cloths. Works great!

Next up is our bedroom. I got the carpet ripped out … if anyone one wants some used stuff, only partially pet peed, I have a nice pile:

I had intentions on laying the bedroom floor his weekend, but I tweaked my back, so am taking a flooring break for a bit.

Yesterday I wandered around Park City while Helen presented and attended at a conference. I had the most fun wandering around the trails around the 2002 Olympic jumps. This one has artificial snow with a big pool at the bottom they fill up in the summer so they can practice all year round:

One of our friends from New York, Amy, sent us flat version of herself to take on some adventures and then send back to her school with stories and pictures. Her she is contemplating the long jump:

If you look closely, you can see here joining this billboard sized sledder for a ride:

This is at the start of the bobslead run … just after I took this, a wind gust took Amy and dropped her deep underneath the bobsled track. The tracks were closed, and nobody else was around, so I slipped under the fenced and rescued her.