I Say

The English language is an interesting one and depending on where you live and who raised you, it can have entirely different ways of saying things. So, over the last several months, I've been collecting more "ways of saying things" and idioms.

There is a chance that some may be already in my collection, but those lists are so long already, I don't feel inclined to check them out. So, here we go. 

Clear as mud

Didn't bat an eye

Don't get your tail in a knot

Get off scot-free

Get the short end of the stick

Giving the cold shoulder

Got up on the wrong side of the bed

Grasping at straws

If the shoe fits, wear it

Jump at the chance

Muddy the waters

Nit-picking

Pipe down

Rain on my parade

Sticks in my craw

The straw that broke the camel's back

Thin as a rail

Wait for the other shoe to drop

What's bred in the bone, comes out in the flesh

Use your head to save your heels

It's All About The Floor

It's been a year now, since we started redoing the floors and replacing the fireplace. 

Jim doesn't have time in the summer to spend on in-house projects, there is too much to do outside. 

During the fall he spent a little time in the evenings chiseling the bark off the slab we plan to use for the mantel. After sanding and experimenting with different colors of stains, he installed the metal plate he will hung the mantel on. It is called a floating bracket.

Look closely at the 4th picture down. 

I sure thought I took a picture after it was installed, but I can't find it so I took one today. 

Over the summer, while we enjoyed our new plank flooring in the kitchen and dining room and not enjoying the worn out and dirty carpet in the living room, we thought about replacing the carpet. 

Eventually, we decided that we liked the plank flooring so much, that we would continue into the living room and forget carpet altogether. 

Because this is an add-on project, rather than a continuation, Jim had to take the planking out of the closet and entry way.  The way the planking fits together, makes this a necessity. Each piece connects to the previous one very tightly to made a watertight, no gap seal, so you just can't insert a piece in the middle. It all has to be worked one way. Jim marked the entry way pieces so he could put them back in the same way without cutting new ones. Some worked, some didn't and he could use some of the other pieces elsewhere. 

Another nail-biting issue was if the house was square and Jim's work was square so the planking would meet up to the planking in the entry. It did, to a half-inch, which was wiggled around and hidden under the trim. I have no idea what we would have done if it didn't match up. 

Getting ready to start

Matching up

Progress

Nearly Done