Sunday, December 30, 2012

Tiles - looking good!

After caring for the dogs in the morning, letting them all go out for their business, eating and drinking...  Andy came around 11am to finish the plywood and install the tiles in the entrance, I went to home depot and used up what was left of our gift cards for tile cement.  Thank you Andy for all of your help and hard work, he certainly didn't stop all weekend and worked very hard on getting it done.  Unfortunately, we are lacking a box or two to be able to finish it all off - anyone with spare tiles?  If so, please drop them off in our donations drop box at the front of the property or if the volunteers are there and gates opened, drop them off directly at the rescue!  Almost done and it looks very colorful - keep in mind these were all donations so the entrance floor is blue, white, grey, orange, different colors but Andy did a very good job in making it look really nice and also engraving NARC at the centre with smaller tiles - wonderful work - I love it!  I will take a snap shot and share with you soon! 

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Good renovation day began!

After caring for the dogs this morning, I finished moving everything out of the main entry, stored one filing cabinet in the shed and keept only the large one, moved out the fridge, washer, toys bins, leash bins, 3 dressers, our 4 large food containers, etc...  Then Andy came to help in the afternoon and we ripped out the old floor with help from Ron who popped in with Priscille for a visit which ended up in helping with renovations!  All of this in preparation to install the plywood and tiles tomorrow!  I left for diner at 7pm after being there since 8:30am while Andy installed 2 plywood sheets.  I went back later to take the dogs out one last time before bedtime and painted the the floor with mold proof stuff to help with future usage - it being our main entrance and all...  We will be back in there tomorrow bright and early for doggy breakfast and walks before they are stuck in the house while the tiles set for a few hours!  After we are done the tiles tomorrow, no more entering the NARC home for a few hours so they set properly and then we're back to our usual routine - of course on Monday is grouting so at least 2-4 hours of non-walking on the floors after that too!  Quite the adventure lol.