New Basement Flooring!

We had new flooring installed in the basement!!! This is just some of the material that got delivered!
We had to paint some of the trim pieces ahead of time. In this photo you can see the carpet that is getting replaced it was not new when we bought the house more than 9 years ago and it is very worn out!
Here is the carpet ripped out and the cement floor cleaned up. Juan was our installer and he did an amazing job! The floor needed some leveling which was a lot of work. Mom did not allow me to go downstairs during that time because it involved wet cement and she did not want any paw prints.
This shows the padding and the floor being installed in the hallway.
Juan was very neat and organized! He had what seemed like an enormous amount of tools and equipment this is just a small portion of it.
The finished flooring looks fantastic and is about a million times better than the old carpeting!
We have started to put things back into the basement. Now we will not be embarrassed about the ugly old carpet when friends and family come to stay with us!

Snow makes a Winter Wonderland!

We have not had much snow this winter but then it snowed for over 24 hours non-stop! It was also warm so it melted almost as fast as it hit the ground.
The next day was sunny at it was sparkly and beautiful!
Here I am in the woods across the street from our house. Tigers LOVE the SNOW!
We had a bull moose visit us three days in a row! He would stop by in the morning for a bite to eat and he also liked to rub his body against the trees and shrubs!
His antlers are not very big so I think he is a young moose this may be his first winter without his mom. Don’t worry we were taking pictures from inside the house!