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Title: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: jholmgren on July 29, 2013, 02:36:39 pm Totally off topic but wanted to share this with you guys.
We had a small flood in our basement a few weeks ago - nothing huge, but it ruined the carpet in my home office. We decided to get rid of the carpet and replace it with a laminate hardwood. (cheap stuff, but good enough for my basement) 2 weekends ago, I started putting down the floor with the less than enthusiastic help of my eldest son. He's 17 and a good kid, I can't complain in general but let's just say less than motivated to do physical labor. We got about 1/3 of the flooring done over the course of an evening and had to call it quits due to schedules and other priorities. Yesterday he came moseying on down from his room around noon, to promptly lie down on the couch. Tina and I were headed off to run a few errands and as we were walking out the door he looked up and me and said "when you and mom get back are we going to have to work on the floor some more?" to which I sarcastically replied "Yes, so you might want to get dressed". When we got home about 2-1/2 hours later... the floor was done. When I asked what happened he shrugged and said "I was bored so I finished it". :jawdrop: Not only did he finish putting down the laminate, he did an outstanding job with it! Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: Eric on July 29, 2013, 03:29:31 pm Awesome... Just when you think you're doing something wrong as a parent these situations pop up and you feel like you're doing something right!
Maybe they're just messing with us! 8) I think he's gonna turn out alright! Way to go! :happydrinkers: Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: Jim on July 29, 2013, 03:49:23 pm Jim,
Can I lease him for the rest of the summer...? You can tell him he's going to Florida ! ! ! I wish I could get my 17 year old daughter to help with restoration... Great story ! ! ! Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: Larry on July 29, 2013, 05:08:45 pm That's cool. Tell him to get bored more often.
Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: SIGNGUY on July 30, 2013, 08:31:11 am That's awesome... goes to show you are doing something right in the raising of your children when they do things like that without being asked.
Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: Slapshot42 on July 30, 2013, 08:39:47 am LOOKS GREAT!
Now tear apart machine, order all the parts, and go out of town for the day and see what happens! :laugh: Title: Re: Kids, just when you think you have them figured out... Post by: rayg on July 30, 2013, 06:49:22 pm U got yourself a good kid there..... as I'm sure U already know that! :biggrin:
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