Oh, My! I didn't see this yesterday, Moni, and very surprised to see no comments. I think your post must have disappeared for a bit. I'm so sorry for your foot ouchie and hope there is no infection--good girl for checking on the tetanus shot. I can't imagine how you could carry on working when your foot was hurting! I hope the rest of the work goes off without incident.

I hope your foot heals quickly and without incident. You work so hard, that is going to be a gorgeous room, and gorgeous fixed up home soon.

Ouch!!! I can't believe you continued after that! Glad your tetanus shot is still good.

That floor looks like it is great shape! And I'm glad you didn't need a new tetanus shot - those really make the arm sore.

Floor looks really nice. All that hard work really paid off. I get my tetanus shot on my big ten year birthdays so I can remember when to renew it. Hope the foot feels better real son!

I think you should wear shoes that are better suited to the type of job you are doing. Flip flops really don't give support for board smashing. :) Keep a close eye on the punctured area. Could have been rust on that tack strip. Great that you are able to do that work yourself.

Moni, my father stepped on a nail with his flip flops on. He went to the doctor, got a tetanus shot and back home to heal, He and my mother went on a fishing trip. Long story short, when he got home the foot was swollen and hurt like h--l. Went back to the doctor and found that the nail had pushed a plug of the flip flop into his foot. It was removed, he was given an antibiotic and on his way to healing. Be careful, that might have happened to you.

Ouch ouch OUCH!!!

But that floor is beautiful!! Great job!!

That made my foot hurt just to read about it. Maybe you should send a couple of those pics to the people you bought the house from. No, I guess that would be tacky, wouldn't t?

Proud of you for all your hard work, Moni

What a beautiful job and a painful looking injury! Take care of that foot and take it easy while you enjoy that gorgeous floor! How lucky to have hardwoods beneath that carpet!

Buy a tube of Neosporin at the drug store or grocery store and use it on the wound.

Hope your foot is healing nicely. What a lot of work you are doing, but it is going to be so NICE (and clean) when you finish, and so totally yours! Just don't overdo yourself!

Rusty

Aaaaaaahhhhhhh...now I get it. So that's why you said you were hobbling around in your pic. :0) Good job Moni! Looks great!

How is your foot?

my foot is still swollen, it still hurts to walk "normally". I stayed home, instead of going to the last bike ride/camp out with the local club. I am staying off it, as much as possible and I am spending time on my tush, and cleaning up on my computer. It does look lots better.

Floor looks terrific. I would soak that foot at least twice a day and use neosporing as well. Hope it feels better soon.

Oh Moni, you work like a maniac, so please wear the right shoes. Even runners are better than flip-flops :-)

I haven't had a tetanus shot for years and my last checkup I asked for one. She was thrilled as she was calling some of the patients to remind them to have one. It was the smallest, thinnest needle I've ever had. No pinch going in at all. She said that they are the easiest to administer. I wonder if the flu shot is the same. For the first time in my life, I'm going to get the flu shot this year. My bronchitis still isn't completely gone, which is rather strange.

OUCH! OUCH! OUCH! What an ordeal/adventure! I steppe on a board with a nail one time... went right thu my cheap "bobo" sneakers. Very strange feeling, not terribly painful, but just knowing I had to pull that nail OUT of my foot was nasty. I cleaned foot up well, soaked in warn soapy water. I couldn't remember ever having a tetanus shot... maybe back when I was college age? Really didn't want to go get that shot... had heard stories about how painful it was?? When I woke up the next morning and could barely walk on that foot... off to doctor I went.

Jasdip... got first flu shot EVER about a month ago. Was in W-mart picking up a prescription and was kinda guilted into it... I qualified (age? Medicare?) for no deductible/cost. Small needle, very thin, pretty much no "pain" to speak of, but a really warm sensation going in??

Jim has a good idea. And if my kitchen, a story for another time, ever gets finished, you can all come to me.

Moni, getting a new house to feel right takes a lot of work. You have accomplished a lot with that floor.

Moni, sorry about your foot. You sure are a hard worker. Wish you had some help with some of the heavier jobs. And, I think your house is adorable.