The Great Hardwood Debacle...

While we were away we had our hardwood floors refinished to repair the big fiasco we had right before moving in. We were home about 10 minutes before realizing they were a disaster. For whatever reason the polyurethane used was defective. There were air bubbles EVERYWHERE! We called Mr. Hardwood as soon as we found the problem and he confirmed what we already knew. Our only solution: sand, stain and poly AGAIN--AKA: get out of your house! The thought of another hotel for three more nights sent me into a whirlwind. If we had still been in WDW, that might have been a different story but a hotel at home is much different.

our "furniture" the night before we left for WDW...awww...aren't they sweet?

Thankfully our wonderful friends, the Lacy's, took pity and allowed us to take over their guest room. Being the week before Thanksgiving (and their first major holiday in their new home) we felt terrible accepting their offer (but not bad enough to say no and live at Embassy Suites for three nights). Ha! I helped Rebekah accomplish a few projects before the holiday feast. She kept me sane while we waited to get back in our house. Daddy went back to work. J went back to school. MG was a trooper. We were so thankful to stay with friends but couldn't help but look forward to sleeping in our own beds and putting our house back together.

The floors started to dry by Tuesday only to discover Mr. Hardwood had applied a semi-gloss polyurethane instead of satin. Ugh! The only solution was to sand and poly AGAIN or leave it as is. The thought of a third sanding and three MORE days out of our house was not worth the trouble it would have caused. Now we have semi-gloss floors, which are not my favorite, but eventually we'll learn to like each other. After making that decision, we were able to get back in on Wednesday, have the movers move our furniture back in from the garage that afternoon and sleep in our own beds again Wednesday night.

Special thanks to the Lacy's for rescuing us from both the Embassy Suites and the stress of the situation. We cherish your friendship!