Home Improvement this week

Our hardwood floors are done.  Our contractor just needs to put together some things he took apart to install the floors, like closet doors and the cover to the air return.  And then the hardwood stairs go in which is a different project.  We decided to just use solid white risers (the vertical part of the stairs), so I painted the MDF boards that he brought over.  Thought it might take a couple hours, but with a roller and a long handle it took about 15 minutes for the actual painting.

Our deck is going, going.  They delivered the new boards today.

I need to plant some fruit shrubs and trees.  Seems like a good time as it's still wet and rainy.  Also been working on our auction business a bit.

Played poker Tuesday night at Snoqualmie Casino.  It was the first time I'd been there in three months.  I came back from Las Vegas in March and was a bit frustrated and took a break.  Between being out of town every weekend, finishing up work, and knowing I was going to Vegas, poker didn't fit in April or May, or when it did I met Meier in Seattle.  Anyway, a very boring session.  I saw two pocket pairs -- raised and flopped top set with jacks, called a raise and folded the flop with sixes -- and AK and AQ (won with both), and a bunch of nothing.  Good news is I finished up a bit.  A lot of times when card dead I play too many very speculative hands and wind up behind.  I tightened up and just made money where I could.  Bummer is that it was a very good table -- saw a number of pre-flop all-ins for $200 with marginal hands.  Lots of money was being passed around.  Couldn't really get much though.

Anyway, back to work on home projects.