Saturday, April 28, 2018

Skruffy Shows Off Our Latest Motorhome Upgrade

At Sister’s House in Citrus Heights, CA

Skruffy talks about our latest upgrade

Hello, Skruffy here.  Just wanted to show off my latest hairdo …

SKRUFFY!  People don’t want to see your latest grooming job…besides, that is nearly two weeks old now.

But dad, it is NOT my fault that you did not let everyone know about my latest hair cut…about how you trim my hair right under the tree with all those squirrels watching me…laughing at me…taunting me.

Skruffy, you NEVER told me before that you have been taunted by the squirrels when I cut your hair.

And how you put me in that small sink in Arny’s garage to give me a bath.  However, I do have to say that the water in the sink is at least warm…when you use that hose out back it is FREEZING!  But hey, do you think Uncle Arny might put in a sink that is like twice the size so that I don’t feel so claustrophobic???

You know Skruffy, Bubba takes a bath in that sink too, and I don’t hear him complaining!  Besides, you are suppose to be showing off our new motorhome upgrade, now get back on topic.

Well dad, if they saw my picture up there, they probably already spotted the change.  But in case they didn’t, folks, DAD PUT DOWN NEW CARPET IN OUR LIVING AREA OF THE MOTORHOME!  There, does that make you feel better?

Thank you Skruffy…but do you think they might want to know a little bit more about the process…see more pictures…find out the cost?

Hey, “I” am not the one who did it, and as far as I know, THAT is the only picture you have to show of it!

Well, that’s because “I” was so busy ripping up the old carpet, scrapping out the padding, sanding down the Particleboard, or Pressed Wood, or Plywood with Fragments of Compressed Sawdust looking stuff that makes up our flooring.  Then, putting down the Carpet Tile was a very meticulous process, especially with that round corner over by your food dish.  Hey, I thought YOU were going to tell the story….

Come on dad, you are doing such a good job (which is MORE than I can say about the carpet job…lol)

SKRUFFY!  You KNOW that this carpet is so much better than that dirty old carpet that I pulled out of there…why it couldn’t even be cleaned any more!

Come on dad, I was just teasing you…the carpet looks good, but the smells of the old carpet are gone…

Well, that is the idea Skruffy…this new carpet does not have that “new carpet” smell, and the dust, the dirt, the mold in that old carpet is gone and all but forgotten.

What is NOT forgotten dad is how long it took you, how many trips to Home Depot you had to make, and you did not say anything about how Uncle Arny helped you lay that carpet divider between the new carpet and the older carpet up by the cockpit.

Yes, Arny did help me with that part…and it is not called a cockpit, it is called the driving area.  And yes, I did go to Home Depot more times than I expected.  Twice to look at carpet, another visit to the Home Depot in West Sacramento (19 miles away) where they actually had the carpet tiles in stock (TrafficMASTER Field Day 18" by 18" for $31 per case, 3 cases), back to the Home Depot nearby for double sided carpet tape ($19), back to Home Depot for the divider, and back to get a wider divider and return one case of carpet tile and the thin divider, and back to get a longer divider ($18) and return the two shorter pieces (Arny wanted ONE large piece, cut down from a 104” piece, and he was right, it looks great).  So the total came to $99 plus tax, which in California, added about $20 more…

DAD!  Now YOU are exaggerating…California does not have a 20% sales tax!

You are right Skruffy, but sometimes it seems that EVERYTHING is taxed here in the Golden State.

And WHY did you use Carpet Tile?

When I was the Library Director in Pine Bluff Arkansas, I had a good relationship with the Public Library in Little Rock, where they built many Libraries.  They used carpet tile in because they hold up real good, and can easily be replaced if one gets ruined by bleach, dog urine, stuff like that…but our biggest concern is the marks that the slide out puts over time on carpets.  In fact, just today the young man who bought the house that mom and dad use to live in just two doors down from Arny and Sandy’s house said that many businesses are using carpet tiles.  Eric is a professional painter, and they just painted three Sacramento County Libraries in the past month…and all three, as part of their remodeling, put carpet tiles down.  And the big factor…for a one person job like this, carpet tile was easy to deal with.

Hey dad…you did do a good job, but you say it was “easy”?  I don’t think a 12 hour job like this, with as much sanding and scrapping that you had to do, was easy at all.  But you know, it took you about 4 hours to rip up the old carpet, and scrap off the padding (day one), another 4 hours of hand sanding the floor to get the residue off, and about 4 hours to cut and lay the tiles (day two)…and 20 minutes to install that carpet divider (day four...I think you rested on day three...you know, the day of rest is suppose to be the seventh day!).  And you did match the laminate floor AND the old carpet real well, and this carpet is easier for mom to walk on, which is important for someone with MS.  So all teasing aside…HOW LONG IS IT GOING TO TAKE FOR YOUR MUSCLES TO STOP HURTING?


4 comments:

  1. RV modifications are time consuming but is a way of personalizing the RV and it gives you a sense of accomplishment. Good Job!
    Be Safe and Enjoy your upcoming Trip.

    It's about time.

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    1. Thank you...info about of 3 1/2 weeks of upcoming travel will be coming very soon...we leave Monday morning!

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  2. GREAT idea and it looks great too!! Plus it's so much less expensive! Good job!!! By the way, you've got a spammer!!

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    1. Thanks Nancy. THAT Spammer, which I deleted, also posted on a few other posts of mine, but they did not go through since they were over 3 days old. I hope that trick is working for your site too???

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