wow...what a mess

so the house was re-tiled, finally. almost exactly one year since the tile eruption began, finally someone got off of their tooshie and chose to fix the problem. yay, and things.

because of the extensive gutting of the house that would take place, c and i pretty much obliterated the living areas...piled EVERYTHING into the guest room, office, and parlor...and turned our bedroom into a hotel...complete with wireless internet and incredible sheets. (for a hotel anyway).

one week and 2 weeks and 3 days later....the after-shock of the tile experience is still being felt...everytime i need to run to the ladies...and remember that the guest toilet is now making it's happy home in the bathtub...and also everytime i stub my toe on a baseboard that wasn't ripped off ofthe wall complete and juts out 6 inches.

and there is that whole random black smudge of a handprint every once in a while...on the walls. and ceiling. (which makes sense to me,too. i mean..get new flooring and a gratuitous handprint on you 15 ft ceiling. it's valid)

not to mention the bit where the front door no longer has a working threshold because the genius' broke three screws IN the slab and were not able to re-install that either...

it was pretty annoying that when i tried to hook my computer back up in the office after we started moving things back to their places..that not only is my computer on the verge of (another) crash....it no longer is powerful enough to have a conversation with the modem. so...we bought a new computer for me. (and...well...c got one too...which...is a whole 'nother story, really)

so now that i am completely up and running (save for the bathroom, the walls, the threshold, and the baseboards...) i uploaded images of the fun:

the BEFORE:

and, the AFTER (well..the after before the real after...):

and yes. that IS a wall-mount 42" flat screen tv hanging about a lovely west elm media unit.