12 year anniversary gift

May 29 we celebrated our 12 year wedding anniversary. The fact that it falls on Memorial weekend each year, is always both a blessing and a curse. This year, it was a blessing for me and a curse for Jas. Ha!

We’ve been wanting to replace the floors in our living area downstairs since we bought the house 2 years ago. We finally decided to do it over Memorial weekend this year and this was my anniversary gift from my hubby.

Best. Present. Ever.

Before pics of NASTY carpet
(I took most of these pics with my phone…)

The floor had recently been shampooed and had JUST been vacuumed. How do you like those dark stains?

How about these?

And don’t forget the large yellow pet stain left over by the previous occupants. The flash makes it hard to see, but trust me… it’s yellow. This part was hiding under our couch… so gross…

Good riddance carpet!!!

Mom and Dad came over to help us get started on the hardwood floors. We were so thankful for the help!

End of Work Day 1. WOW!

The next morning, when I woke up, I walked in on this. Laying on the bean bags (the only living room furniture we had left!) and playing Wii.

It took Jason up until late on Monday night to finish the trim and everything. At that point, he had worked 3 weeks straight without a day off and then he worked his tail off Sat, Sun and Monday of our long weekend. Then had to work a long week the next week too.

And he never complained (as usual). He said he was just happy because I was happy. Seriously, he’s my hero.

We managed to sneak away for a little bit on the Monday afternoon to go furniture shopping. (We sold our old sectional on craigslist the week before. That microfiber suede was about the WORST material to have with children. The couch was stained and I had it cleaned from time to time, but it was almost $200 to have it cleaned! Crazy! Time for something more family friendly! 

I LOVE my new floors AND my new furniture. I’ve been waiting quite a while for this so I’m SO thankful!!

A view of the other side of the living room. (With all the clean blankets and sleeping bags from the weekend’s camping trip…waiting to be put away… :)

I LOVE my anniversary gift!!!!!