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Tuesday and Wednesday, the floor contractors came calling.

Our house looked like this after the painters bedazzled the walls.

Now, it looks like this.

Carrie wanted to update and personalize at some point. Having our pipes explode wasn't the plan, but it's the hand we were dealt. We're out the 'yard work,' the deductible and the sum we payed to upgrade from cheap-o carpet to laminate, but the insurance paid for a lot of paint and installation. It's way better to upgrade after being hosed than to upgrade and play Waterworld shortly thereafter.

I hereby declare the Great Plunge of '13 to be concluded.