What a crazy week. I mean, wow. So last weekend, we had a pipe burst in our basement, and my wife has been on the road quite a bit. The basement leak got cleaned up (Ins. claim). The contractor who is going to put the basement back to pre-Insurance-Claim condition tells me that he is going to have to replace all of the flooring, and repaint the walls. I asked him if we upgrade the flooring and he said that so long as we pay the difference, then sure. My wife and I have been talking about doing that since one of us tracked in Red Virginia Clay foot prints onto the white carpet down there. Another thing that has been on our minds since moving in was doing an epoxy bar top. I'm sure that I've mentioned this before, but always found a reason to put it off. I was afraid of the mess it was going to make. My wife reminded me that since the carpet is getting yanked out, then now is the time to pour the epoxy- and boy was she right. We poured the epoxy bar top yesterday, and it is by far, the messiest thing I have ever done in the name of Home Improvement. You should seen the puddles of epoxy on the carpet right now. But the bar does look awesome, and I'm glad to have done it when i did. So for a pretty big cloud, this burst pipe does have a sliver lining.
My wife has been traveling a lot the past few weeks, and this past week was no exception. Gone Mon/Tues, Fri/Sat. I've survived on cheese-its, beer and the occasional piece of cheese that my son refuses to eat. I'm down a quarter of a pound too- watch out swim-suit season! The3 weather here has been fantastic and we have spent a lot of time outdoors. It is a great time of year. How was your week?
Oh, below are some pictures of the Lariapie along the driveway and the before and after of the bar top.