We've started work in small ways like taking up little areas of carpet that are a bit less conspicuous and, therefore, less likely to cause Nathan injury. Part of our pantry closet is torn out, the coat closet is torn out, a two-inch strip along the back wall of our house is done.

Why a two-inch strip? It's wide enough to clear the tack strip so I could also pry that out of our concrete base, but not so wide that it poses a physical danger to Nathan. Shouldn’t affect his playing at all. I plan to do one or two more strips along other walls tonight. The idea is that all we then have to do is move furniture and we can just roll up the carpet and padding and take it outside. There may not long be a tack strip securing it, but it will be held in place like a giant, shaggy area rug with all our furniture on top of it.

On Thursday and Friday, we'll do the real meat of the work. Katie and I both have off from work and Nathan will be staying with his aunt, uncle and cousin. Wish us luck.

If we survive this project, I will post updates. If not, well, you'll know...