Doing the floor

This is a 3 week old Pacific Parrotlet baby I raised in 2006. I thing he's cute even with that pink featherless larvae look. He did get much cuter in just a couple of weeks.

Today I started my bird room floor project.
I am installing vinyl and removing the old old old carpet in that room. This will make maintenance ever so much easier. The vinyl comes in strips like hard wood flooring and installs much the same way...though instead of tongue-in-groove there is special adhesive already applied to the strips so they stick to one another after placed. This is good because I can do the room a little at a time. Ordinary vinyl comes in rolls which needs to be glued down and is very heavy and impractical since I am doing a self-install.

I am thankful for the energy I had today to begin my new floor thing. Only a tiny little corner of the room is done, but, it's better than none. The hard part isn't putting in the new floor, it's removing the carpet and rotting pad and the tack strip around the edges. Underneath is a dirty dusty mess...but I'm getting it done and I am grateful.

GratefulJoy