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Painting, Carpet and Kittens

Our most recent projects have included working on one of the rooms upstairs, getting carpet installed on the stairs and bottle feeding kittens. I took in two three week old kittens that were abandoned by their mom and have had to bottle feed them every 4 hours. They have been a lot of work, but will slowly get more independence and be a little less work. We will be finding them their forever homes when they are around 8 weeks.
The calico kitten is a female. 


The tuxedo is a bob tail and a boy. 


They are so tiny... I can't wait to watch them grow up. 


Lots of trips to Home Depot and Lowes


The carpet padding. We went with the best padding because it has plastic on top that prevents liquids from seeping down. 


The carpet installer.


Couver modeling the new carpet. It is so nice to walk on... and so much quieter. I never thought I would put in carpet, but it is great! 


The carpeting is one of only three projects we have paid someone else to do... We are huge diyers, but it was great to see this project completed in 2 hours without having do sweat over it ourselves. 

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  1. Sharon KwilterSeptember 5, 2012 at 8:57 AM

    The kittens are adorable! You're getting up every four hours and you're not going to keep one? Wow. What a nice person you are. =)

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  2. The Bois BungalowSeptember 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM

    The kittens are adorable, but we are at our max with animals. I know I could not foster if we had any more pets... So I have to find them homes. I believe we have found them both perfect homes now, we just have to wait until they are old enough to leave :)

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