My Christmas Present...

Well, it probably isn't just for me, but with the addition of another puppy to the household, we had to do something with the carpet in the living/dining room.
The dogs in the house before we got here used it as a potty room, and our dogs have continued the tradition.
When it's raining outside, Roxy will get lazy and use the floor in there to do her business. It makes the carpet disgusting! I can't keep it clean because she still smells it and keeps using that room as her litter box.
So, John and I talked about putting hardwood floors in there. Actually, John suggested we put them in the whole house, but I kind of like the indestructibility of the tile we have in the rest of the house.
He picked up wood before we left town for a week, and while we were on vacation he suggested that he could do it on Tuesday. Hmmm....that's less that a week before Christmas. Okay! Let's do it!
I forgot how much stuff we have in that room, and that we'd have to put it throughout the rest of the house! (I should have taken pictures!) To make a long story short, he got it done in a day with the help of Ben, Savanah and me.
He was limping just a bit yesterday from his sore back, but the floor looks great and it's encouraged me to do some purging of old materials we will never use!
Merry Christmas to us!