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Retiling extravaganza

One day a few months ago, a bunch of tiles on the living room floor suddenly decided to separate themselves from said floor. Apparently it was due to faulty installation, but voodoo was not immediately ruled out. (Seriously, though, it was the weirdest thing that happened to me that month.) Since then we’ve taken out the tiles and covered the bare floor with a carpet, but you can still tell that there are tiles missing. It’s an awkward fix at best.

My parents decided that this would be a good opportunity to replace all the tile in the house, which they detest. The living room, family room, kitchen, hallways, laundry room, and master bedroom are going to be retiled. The other bedrooms and the bathrooms don’t have that tile, so they will not. But since so much of the house is going to be retiled, we’re going to have to lodge somewhere else for a few days. Luckily, my aunt has a friend with an RV-type thing, so we’re going to have that in the driveway.

The retiling extravaganza starts Monday the 13th and may stretch to the weekend. My Internet access might be sporadic.

I recently won the opportunity to write a guest post on Nothing Important. I’d never guest posted for anyone before, so it was pretty cool. Check it out.

Hey guys, here’s why you shouldn’t date a sporty girl: Athlete Gives Birth Just Hours After Game. She didn’t even know she was pregnant.

Also in the headlines: A college in England has a scholarship but no one to give it to. According to the bequest that provided the funds, the lucky student has to be named Peyton. Those Brits are so Pythonesque.

One year ago: “Food. We love it. We can’t live without it.”