BEST carpet stain removal ever !!!

Before:

This stain has been coming back, over and over again.
No matter how often we had the carpet cleaned and if it was some super cheap carpet cleaning service or the best, organic, no chemical use service ... that thing kept coming back.

So this morning, Lulu took a bath, after I gave her a quick hair cut before she'd go to school, I just kept thinking about this dirty carpet of mine.

I had been thinking about this one cleaning method for a while and started playing with it on one spot.
It looked pretty good and so I kept going and going  and ...

... and then it was on!

I RIPPED it all OUT!!!

All of it!!!!
Living room and hall way.

I left the bed rooms untouched ... clearly this was enough work for me as it was.

Meanwhile my poor husband has NO CLUE!!!
He is working, all innocent and happy, looking forward to a relaxing weekend
... and look whats waiting for him!

 If you have carpet and you ever wondered whats underneath, how about a HUGE pile of dirt!!!
... and this is just one pile of the many I had. YUKKKK!!!!

I don't even know how old this carpet is.
How many humans and animals it has seen but ... oh yukkkk!!!
No wonder we are all sneezing all the time.

This old house ... and may I remind you we are RENTING :)

I guess I should have asked Mr. John first, right?
Oh well ... too late for that now.

6:00 pm and I have managed to pull out all of the nail boards for the carpet and all 10000000 ... staples in the living room. The hall way still has the staples in but neither my back nor my hands can work for one more second.

I was going to hide the old carpet and sub-layer so Pat wouldn't know whats coming until he opened the door but ... I couldn't even pick it up, let alone carry it in the backyard.

Meanwhile the Ls are putting the new (very old) hardwood floor to the test.
Lulu missed school and they have been on their own pretty much all day.
L presented me with a wonderful lunch.
She made me a sandwich and gave me carrots, broccoli and celery plus ranch.
She did REALLY good!!!

The Ls test results:

It's perfect for ballet ! (Lulu)
It'll be great for bowling! (L)

After:

It's not in super bad shape.
A little bit of work, some sanding and fixing up and a new coat of ??? whatever you put on hardwood floor to seal it, and it'll be as good as new.

I totally love it!

It makes the house look so much warmer and more cozy.
It sounds much different now.
I can hear the footsteps and an echo now but I am sure thats just because it's new.

I am off to take a VERY LONG shower and then ... I think I just fall over :)

Happy weekend!