All Tiles & Smiles… not

After the carpet in our front room was destroyed by unknown causes *cough* dogs *cough* we got a crazy idea. Let’s tile the room! But let’s not call in some stranger to do it for us. No, we would try to tile the room ourselves! How hard could it be?

Hard.

Very, very hard.

But we did it! And we have the pictures to prove it!

 

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Start by color matching your tile to each of your dogs. 
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Looking good, Hazel. 
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With the dogs’ approval, we’re ready to get to work.
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Zeus! Alvin! Have you come to assist us with the grueling task of laying all this tile? 
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Guess that’s a no…
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As the humans lay out the tile, the dogs look on with bated breath. 
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Hazel has high hopes for this venture!
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Kristen handles all the math because I- what’s the technical term? Oh yeah-  suck at math. 
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The outside tiles have to be carefully measured and cut down to fit. 
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A difficult task, but she nailed it!
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Meanwhile, I handled the manual labor. 
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Like grinding down a small crack in the concrete. 
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Alvin handled the, uh… 
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Existential crises, I guess? 
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Hello, Darkness my old friend… 
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After three days of dust, grout, and mortar we were finished, and the dogs were able to enjoy their room again! We napped.

 

One last thing, while you’re here. On our last entry we talked about getting ready to plant our first crop of the year. Well, with Hazels help I bring you…

 

 

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Onions! They’ll be ready to harvest by May. We’ll keep you updated. Thanks for stopping by!