Hardwood Slumdog Milkshake

K2 and I have been talking about ripping up the carpet in our great room/foyer for the past 8 years.  When we built the house, the builder wanted to charge $4000 to install his not-so-pretty hardwood and we just couldn't justify spening that amount on top of the costs of a new house.  So, we started a little hardwood fund and even though we have been able to purchase hardwood for a few years now, we just couldn't find one that we wanted at the price we had set our hearts on.  However, two weeks ago, we found the hardwood that we have loved for so long at 20% off.  In addition, the Canadian government is offering families a 15% tax break on all home renovations completed in 2009.  So with 35% coming off of the total price, how could we NOT jump?  The bad news?  This is what my kitchen/great room looks like this morning. It will stay like this until Thursday when K2 and his brother begin to install it.

 

Last night, K2 and I ventured out for a Saturday night "date night".  We went to the movies to see "Slumdog Millionaire".  If you haven't seen this movie, you must.  I wasn't keen on sitting in a theater watching something that was rumored to be quite sad, but it is so much more than that.  Honestly, go.

On the way home, K2 and I were discussing the movie and the ramifications of orphans living in India and elsewhere in the world, when all of a sudden, K2 turned the radio up high enough so that I couldn't hear myself think.  Now, to set the stage, K2's favorite music (or so I thought) is U2 and Depeche Mode, so when I heard this song being cranked and belted out by him, I just about lost my theater popcorn. Even after 16 years of knowing my husband, I still find out new things about him.  I guess that's a good thing.