floors, fraud & farkle

this week we had our floors redone in the living and dining room.  this came to be after we decided the carpet needed to go because of boy's sinus problems (we don't want to do surgery again), my bissell on it's last leg because of pug's lack of ability to use the backyard to potty and in all honesty it just looks pretty.  they assured us it would take a day, so boy had the day off to help me with the puggies and we all camped out upstairs while they redid it.  we also played farkle to pass the time and i think it's become are new favorite game.  have y'all played it?  at about 9:45 pm with the racket still going on downstairs we realized this was not going to be just a one day affair.

so, the next day i wake up bright and early to prepare myself for day two of construction with pugs.  and of course i just happened to have a doctor's appointment scheduled that day, and since it was under 24 hours notice i had to pay (bummer).  as i'm wrangling the pug's together to head upstairs my credit card company called to inform me their was some fraudulent activity on my business credit card. 

i wanted to cry.

thankfully they finished up the floors and we're so pleased with it.  i kept telling myself "so worth it for the floors" as i carried one squirmy pug at a time up and down the stairs for potty breaks in 103 degree heat.  and it so was.  i'm also thankful we talked ourselves out of installing them by ourselves.  once we got a bid from a professional and compared it with our cost for materials and marriage counseling sessions that would most likely be needed afterwards it came out to be about even ha!

here's the before: (sorry these are all from my iphone)

and the after: (my rug hasn't come in yet so it looks a bit overwhelming right now)

and one blurry one of goofy goose trying out the new floors frog style.