Deno.....There is a right way to use the kicker? Don't you dare tell me you actually "kick" the f&*%ing thing! The carpet actually faired better than hubby and I. It looks fantastic! And now we are putting in the baseboard and it looks even better.

LMAO! It's ok now...........the bruise's are turning that perty yellowish/green color now. I can raise my arms above my head without sounding like an old jewish lady......oui! And the throbbing in my back is subsiding.

NEXT? Pulling up random width, 100+ y/o, hemlock floor boards in my bedroom above the living room and pulling wire and cutting through plaster in the ceiling to add a ceiling fan/light to the newly painted and carpeted living room. Can you say "cut nails"? No room in our house has lighting in the ceilings (cept the dining room and kitchen, which we added just recently)....and everything is hammered in with cut nails. We'll borrow a cut nail puller and hope we don't wreck the old wood!

Steph......We haven't had the energy to "christen" the new carpet yet. But as I said....the pain is subsiding.....LOL!

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