It's like GLASS, I tells ya! GLASS!

So Saturday I'm rattling around the house, wondering what to do with myself, and I decided to tackle this kitchen floor thing that has been hanging over my head like a veritable sword of damacles.

As you regular readers know, the Colonel and I peeled back all of the remarkably ugly press-on tiles in our kitchen and found a lovely formica pattern underneath it. We were waiting for the carpenters to finish up before we could start the deep cleaning, and since they are finally all done, I decided to just dive in there and make a big mess while the Colonel was at work. I find that's really the best way to start a project (Thanks, Mrs Cryer, for the tip).

So I locked up the dogs, got out my buckets, mops and Oxi-Clean (which isn't just a gimmick!)and stripped the floor down, getting rid of most of the old glue marks (having to be very careful about the little colored rectangles getting smeared.) Working in small areas, on my hands and knees, I was able to get most of it done by the time the Colonel got home. In fact, the Colonel was so impressed with my progress that he joined in (which was my hidden agenda) and by 10pm we had finished with the Oxi-Clean, stripped the floor of any remaining wax, and put the first coat of Future Floor Wax on it. (Did you know that Future was developed in the 1950's specifically for linoleum floors, and has only had its formula altered once (to add fragrance)? It's true!)

Yesterday was spent applying coat after coat of Future. We went through six bottles, and by the time it was done, the floor was as shiny as the day is long. So shiny, in fact, that it's hard to get a good picture of it. It looks Mahvelous!

Once we get done painting the kitchen (which I am dreading, as I am a horrible painter. In fact, I'm hoping to palm that off on the Colonel and the Greek) the kitchen will be done, and we can move on to the next project (painting the living room)

...and at some point we have to do something about the damned deck....