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YAY! Our new lawn is in! Sprinklers and everything. It has the obvious squares and we have to water it 3 times a day but it will all be worth it. The backyard is coming along. We have Katherine's agrapanthas above, we'll get the stepping stones and picnic table in place, re-stain the deck and then we are ready for our 2nd annual BBQ~!

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AFTER

This is when he was scraping up the layers.
1. The ugly, cheap, peel-n-stick tiles
2. 1960'3-70's linoleum
3. About 3/4 inch particle board that was black in some areas with dried mold
4. Layer of linoleum that you couldn't even tell what it looked like
5. Layer of glue
6. Finally!! The wood floorboards that match the living room (someday we may rip it all out and match the living room through the whole house.


All in all, we are both VERY HAPPY with the results! The floor is about 1/4" lower than before so there are some funny gaps under some of the door moldings, oh well!

GW is working on the bakyard as we speak and expects to have a lawn in by this weekend!!! YAY! Then we just have 3 things left (at least on the immediate list) Re-build the closet in the guest room, re-do the dining room, and MOST OF ALL!!! NEW WINDOWS!!!!!

WOW!!!! We had Snow at our house!!! Click here to see the pics Snow in Tujunga

Jamie and I had gone over to Katherine's house to dig up some agrapanthas (sp?) She is having some remodeling done and didn't want the plants to go to waste. On the way home it started to hail. We drove into our driveway and ran in the house to grab the camera. The hail stuck to the ground and then it started to snow. I've NEVER seen snow stick on the ground at home before!!! I think the hail helped. It was amazing and the most snow I have ever seen up there before!!! You could hear people playing snowball fights everywhere mixed in with the sirens for all the people crashing their cars.

Needless to say, Jamie did not plant the plants on Saturday. Strange.... couldn't do yardwork due to hazardous snow conditions in LA???? Anyways, we lit a fire and the cat was in cat heaven all stetched out on the ottoman (we moved it in front of the fire for her) and we drank hot chocolate and stared out the window. It was fantastic!!! BTW, Jamie planted the plants on Sunday and they look fantastic!