On a different tack...Friday's house stuff

Backing up from the events of Friday night, I had the master bedroom window replaced, at last:

The room prepped, prior to the installer's arrival

 The old window out...amazing how much larger the hole in the wall seems!

 The new window in place, after some struggle on the part of the installer and his assistant.

 He actually had to pry the window into place and damaged a bit of the vinyl frame.

 With the trim on, however, it's covered up.

Bonus: There's lots of spray foam around the window now! (None at all before.)

I won't describe the three hours in total that I spent trying to put up the new curtain rod I had purchased. Suffice to say it was disastrous, with many holes in the mushy drywall. No anchor would hold and I made huge holes in the wall. However, friends Robin and Chuck came up (or maybe it's down) today and Chuck was able to install the rod, minus any anchors at all. Having done it so much, he knew just where to place the screws. He even patched the holes and sanded, plus reinstalled my roll-up blind to ensure it was secure. He really went above and beyond, and it was fiddly, time-consuming work. I so appreciate his efforts...and their friendship!

New rod and new sheers, with my existing blackout panels on each end.

Difficult to see, with the sun beaming in.

While the installer was here Friday, I decided I might as well use the time to pull up the laminate in the upper hall, in preparation for next Saturday's new floor installation.

 

The installer had offered to take anything I had on hand to the dump (even before I decided to take up the old laminate), so while he was cleaning up I took the old stuff to his truck and put it on. He wasn't paying the dump fee, so apparently he didn't care. Bonus! I saved myself $50 on labour charges by pulling up the old flooring myself, and now the floor guy doesn't even have to dispose of it. Great!

The last bit of home improvement was the installation of the new bathroom light fixture today, also courtesy of Chuck.

It's funny how things work out. I had wanted a bronze, downward facing fixture and I ended up with a brushed nickel upward one. Actually, this fixture was supposed to face downward (that's how it was in the store and on the box), but as it turned out, downward meant the glass fixtures were at the top of the mirror. So Chuck just flipped it up. And here I learned something: You can install these kinds of fixtures either way. Had I known that, I would have bought my preferred bronze-coloured one. LOL. But everything now is brushed nickel in colour, so this is the way it will stay, and I'm satisfied.

So that was the productive part of my extra-long weekend!

Both boys survived, though Derry spent the entire four hours the window guy was here under the futon bedspread and pillows:

Today he alternated between hiding under the couch cover (he made quite a visible lump on the back of the couch!) and coming out and lounging around. Poor little bear.

Nicki was pretty much his "love me people" self.  :-)

All in all, I've had a bit more adventure than I prefer this weekend, but lots got done and for that I'm grateful and appreciative.

Peace.