March 20

It has been a busy week end here.  On Friday we had some new carpet installed in half of the house.  When we bought the house we knew it had to be replaced.  The previous owner had a dog and there were some stains that cleaner did not remove.  Plus we were not sure what was under the carpet.  This week Elizabeth was busy moving stuff in preparation.  The installers arrived about 9:30 and they were gone about 2.  It looks much better.  The original carpet, and we think it was original to the house was light beige.  The new one is just a little darker but not what you would consider brown.  The only problem, and we ALWAYS have problems with stuff like this is near the back door.  The floor there is tile.  When they removed the old carpet we saw the edge of the tile is not a straight line.  The carpet guys said all they do is install carpet so we will have to get some tile people in to fix that.  Then the carpet guys can come back and finish installing the carpet.  Where it meets the tile they left the carpet long so there would be enough once the tile was fixed.  Right now it is just taped down.

Saturday I got up and went for a bike rise.  I rode a little over 26 miles.  Last week I rode 40 miles on day and that was a bit too much.  After getting home and having breakfast it was work around the house day.  On each side of our house there are gates that go from the back yard to the front.  One of these is on the north side of the house.  Between the house and the fence this area gets little sunlight and the grass does not grow.  Also once it gets wet it take forever to dry so it is also muddy.  It installed some pavers to improve.  It was a lot of work due to the soil we have here.  It really is not soil it is clay.  Very sticky clay.  Not only is it hard to dig, it sticks to the shovel and after a while it feels like the shovel weighs a hundred pounds.  But I got it finished.  The extra clay I will use to fill spots in the front.

While working on this I stopped to have lunch.  It was such a nice day we ate on the picnic table.  When I got done I took a shower and relaxed.  After supper we started watching a movie.  I had trouble staying awake so at 9 I called it a day.

It was noisy around here yesterday.  I am not sure what was going on at Ellington but there were a lot of World War II vintage planes flying over.  That happens during hte Wings Over Houston airshow but that is not until October.