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Don and I took a detour this weekend. Instead of traveling, going, seeing, and doing, we decided to make a trip to Lowe's. There we purchased the 7/16th OSB boards we needed for the subfloor underlayment of our Pergo Red Oak laminate to be laid on one side of our living room.
Our living room has been my biggest decorating challenge in our home as it is a long rectangle with 3 doorways, one large picture window on the west wall, and two additional windows along the front. Across from the front door on the opposite wall is the doorway to the kitchen and on the other end {east wall} is the doorway to the hallway and bedrooms. This room gets a lot of traffic in the course of the day.

When our home was originally built by Don's dad, our living room was two rooms --- one living room area and the other a bedroom which has given me the idea to treat the space as two separate areas. One side a more formal living area for when we have company and the other for TV viewing and more everyday use.

We decided we'd love to have more of the Pergo Red Oak flooring in our home some time ago and have since been purchasing boxes of it as we could afford to. Back in May, we finally purchased the last box need but other projects and busy-ness have prevented us from getting the job completed. Until this weekend anyway. After a lot of measuring and sawing, our underlayment is down! I'm thinking by the end of the week, we'll have another beautiful floor in our home. The opposite side of the room will one day be carpeted with new carpeting and will continue on into the hallway. Thankfully, that will be the last of the flooring our home will require for some time. I am so happy that this one area of our home where we purchased what we wanted without making any compromises. The results are going to be fabulous! I have already been busy thinking already about how I am desiring to decorate the space, the small touches and details that we'll add in a bit at a time.

On Monday, we took a trip to Sunbury for the Labor Day Ox Roast and annual antique and yard sales. There weren't as many antique vendors as the previous years so my searching and hoping for ephemera wasn't what I expected it to be. Although, this won't be too much of a problem as I can always go through my stash and have some photocopies made for the Variety Collage Exchange.

After returning back to Marion from our trip, we stopped by to see Alexxis, Amber and Chris. I couldn't resist seeing her.... and turn down the opportunity to have her overnight. My back is doing so much better --- although I will still be seeing the chiroprator later this week. Having Alexxis has been a blessing and a joy! She is so lovable. Oh, and guess what Grandma Highland found!!! Alexxis' first tooth!!! Yep, that's right. My little four month old grandbaby has her first tooth! I think mommy's a little jealous that Grammie Highland found it, but she was excited about it nonetheless.