Why Can’t Houses Just Have Dirt Floors?
Michelle on May 13 2008 at 11:41 pm | Filed under: The Personal
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We’ve made things too complicated in this country. At least, it is for those of us who like the “natural look.”
The first challenge was finding a house that was made out of things like real wood and glass. Done. It has hardwood floors. Kinda.
Most of the floors are beautiful. However, there is carpet in two of the rooms. I was cleaning and painting like a madwoman last weekend, and finally got to the point of taking up the carpet in one of the rooms. Alas, there was stupid sheet linoleum under the carpet. The people hadn’t even cleaned it before putting down the carpet, which grossed me out completely.
Anyway. The linoleum is stuck to the wooden floors with some sort of waxy glue stuff. It’s totally gross, and it’s going to be a bitch to get up. Fixer-upper redux. Oh well, at least I can’t divorce myself.
A lovely man at work has provided me with two scrapers–the kind that are used to remove gum from sidewalks. Appropriate! I suspect I’ll be quite busy these next couple of weekends. Then school is out (thank God) and I can devote entire weeks to what promises to be a very long project, as I also discovered the same problem in Sage’s bedroom and closet. Aughhh!
So I imagine these people back in the day who decided to glue linolium to nice hardwood floors. The way I imagine it, everyone had plain ole hardwood floors, and they were getting the latest cool thing in home decor. This reminds that shag carpeting is making a comeback. Anyway.
On another note, I have been doing Atkins for three weeks and have lost 12 pounds. I have lost most of my sugar cravings, and stayed on the diet through two horribly stressful days. (See a couple of posts ago…) The crummy thing is that I am having anxiety attacks. Interestingly, the anxiety can be stopped by drinking a bit of orange juice, which completely defeats the whole purpose of Atkins. My energy is all over the place–I’ll be dancing around one minute, and too tired to move the next. This has went on and on, so I’m planning on switching to a low-glycemic diet that has a few more carbs and keeping it all whole foods. Sage is along for the ride on this one, as he has gotten a bit chubby. No more Cocoa Puffs!
Stupid anxiety attacks. Oh well, if my tweaked version of the diet works, I can always post before/after pics and make a fortune selling my book, right? ;-P
It sounds like your house project will burn up a lot of energy(calories?) too. Are you taking before and after photos? Great job on the Atkins. I don’t like meat enough to do that one.
I actually really liked the Atkins diet because I LOVE meat, cheese, seafood, and eggs. But it does get surprisingly old, so it’s difficult to stick with it.
Linoleum over hardwood floors! Yuk!
I tried Atkins once when I was dating a duy that was doing it. I didn’t last 2 days. Ugh…love my sugar too much. But I admire people who can stick with it. I can remember standing in his kitchen eating beef jerky and cheese for lunch. Appetizing, eh?
Man, that is going to be a real pain to do on the floors. But thankfully as Margaret pointed out…lots of calories burned and just think of all the frustrations you can take out on that poor glue. He, he…
Hey, congrats on the weight loss!! I have had pretty good luck with a vegetarian version of the South Beach diet. High protein, low fat, moderate carbs. The Battle of the Bulge continues!
Dirt floors? How about a nice carpet of Bermuda grass? The only problem is how to get enough sunlight in. Yep, it sounds like your house is coming along fine. Hang in there and beat those anxiety attacks down. *Hugs*
Ken
Sounds like a lot of work with those floors - but the results will be awesome & you’ll be SO proud of yourself
Keep the dieting in moderation & take good care of you! xx, deb
Oh, I can so relate with the floors.
And good for you on the weight loss!! WOOHOO.