The reason I was so anxious to get started on the baseboards may be summed up with this photo.
The contrast between our beautiful new floors and the sheer ugliness of the multiple layers of paint that lay beneath the old vinyl baseboard was more than my sensabilities could stand. At Home Depot (Thank you Pat and Glenn for the HD gift card you gave me for my birthday last year.) I purchased molding with an eye to matching the original baseboards in the rest of the house.

I was not entirely successful, but think that my selection is a close approximation. It wouldn’t do if it were sharing a room with the original, but works nicely in the kitchen. I have a lot of miter cuts to do, but got the easiest sections done today. I did have a very funny moment at HD when I realized that the eighteen foot pieces of molding would trail behind Rob’s truck for a distance as long as the truck itself. Several men stopped to help me, no doubt sure that a damsel such as myself was in sore need of assistance. One of them was bright and came up with the simple, clever solution of tieing the long boards to the side of the truck using the mirror as an attachment. The rest made hemming and hawing noises quite effectively.

We went down to the Celsi’s last night to visit. We watched the Decline of the American Empire, which was good. Sadly, about half-way through it I discovered that I was jet-lagged and falling asleep.

The real highlight was seeing their daughter’s room, which Eve has just redone. It’s beautiful and makes me want to do more updates to our home. Not the best course of action if we are planning on moving. Which isn’t going to stop me from putting the new baseboards in. I’m heading out to buy the lumber today. I’ll just have to unearth the Shopsmith when I get home.

The latest Lazytown rumor is November, December with a break for Christmas, and then back for January, February. As always, I’ll believe it when I have a contract in hand.