A Complication

When I woke up yesterday (Sunday) morning I felt like I had forgotten something. It didn't take long for it to occur to me: Saturday's blog post! Lew and I had talked about him writing one, and then we both completely forgot all about it.

In our defense, we have had quite a lot going on recently. We don't lead complicated lives; but when complications arise for us, they all come at once.

Do you want to hear about one of our complications? Then read on....

When I came down to breakfast this morning, Lew ushered me into the kitchen and asked, "Breakfast for one?"

And why couldn't I eat at our dining room table? It's because our dining room looked like this (and still does at the moment):

And why does our dining room currently look like this? It's because our living room currently looks like this:

And why does our living room look like this? It's because new vinyl flooring got installed today (that long piece of cardboard is protecting a seam while the glue dries).

But, you may ask, didn't we just get a new floor put down about three months ago?

Why, yes. Yes, we did.

We really liked our three-month old floor (in fact, the new vinyl is the same product), but when we started having trouble with it lifting and bulging and tearing... well, we knew something was wrong.

For all of you aspiring floor contractors out there: When installing a product you've never installed before, please make sure you know exactly how you're supposed to install it. For example, if the product is supposed to be glued to the sub-floor, then don't just merely set it on top of the sub-floor and call it good. If you neglect to glue it, then it will lift and bulge and tear.