It Pays To Be 50!

So I was getting a few groceries at HyVee this morning and the place was packed! As I was checking out the gal asked me if I was 50......and I said "No" with a quizzical look on my face I am sure. I then said....oh yes I am I turned 50 in November. As it turns out those of us 50 and older get a 5% discount on Mondays and Tuesdays so there! My first senior citizen discount-I saved almost $3.00. Hey Karen, better start doing your shopping at HyVee on Monday or Tuesday!

Cabin progress report-David got the engineered floor laid in our bedroom a few weeks ago. This past weekend he put the finale coat of finish on the old floors and we installed (yes I said we- I cut boards and knitted while David put the floor in!) the floor in the living room. David got 2 coats of finish on that floor. Pictures pictures!

The kitchen area. Where you see David standing is the front door. The wall that you see will be his home made cabinets. To the right is the living room. The floors and walls are original in this room.

The living room. Ash tongue and groove flooring that we installed this past weekend. The walls and ceiling in this room are pine-new pine as it is a newly added room.

Looking from the doorway across the dinning room into the living room.

Down the hall to our bedroom. To the left is the guest bedroom and to the right is the bathroom. Floor in the hall and guest room are original, walls down hallway are new pine.

Guest bedroom. Original floor and two walls are original pine. We put new pine on two walls because we tore down all of the old walls to insulate and in doing so damaged many boards....SO we didn't have enough boards to re-do the walls. The new pine is lighter in color so it helps to make the place brighter.

Our bedroom with the bed ready to be put together! New pine walls and the floor is an engineered hickory (I think it's hickory!) We have a door going outside in this room which is to the left. We also have a spot for a washer and dryer which will be oh so nice. The closet is small small small but we are downsizing dang it!

And the bath. New pine walls, new floor tile and all new everything else. We actually moved the original bath into what was one of the existing bedrooms and then added on our bedroom. The bathroom vanity is actually an old commode that we bought from our friends Mikey and Jan. We found the sink basin at a junk shop. It is actually an old bowl that David cut a hole in and made a sink out of.

So as you can see it is coming along. After the wedding this next weekend we are going to go to the cabin that next week. We should have the cabinets in the kitchen and be all moved in! There is still plenty of work to be done but it will be nice to be in the cabin as opposed to the camper.