.... and into the maw

... feels like it at least! ever started a home rennovation project and suddenly relized that, "Oy vey, this if going to be a lotttttta work!" wifee and i spent the majority of the weekend demolishing the floor, repairing the water damaged areas and prepping everything else (walls, phone jacks, power outlets and more) to be either replaced completely or rennovated to look "beauuuuutiful!"

..... before & after!

this is how it all started out. imagine this wall to the left completely covered with scary-looking 1960 brown wood paneling. i know.. i know.. take a moment to compose yourself... here's another kleenex for you.... i ripped it all down, proceeded to spackle, primer paint 'er on up, fix the floor, wifee when nutzoid and removed all of the old floor tiles, we leveled, swept and voila! phase 1 finished pic is on the right. for the duration of the week, we'll work on applying the paint on the walls, then begin to install the flooring. (wifee removed democracy from the house when it was announced that painting shall commence FIRST.) keep in mind, this is the easy part... we need to continue into the kitchen, rip down all existing cabinets, fix gawd-knows-what that's behind it all and more... not to mention that with the fireplace now exposed, the 200lb slab of masonite removed, i'm planning on covering the entire cruddy bricks with new stone tiles, and a custom ledge that won't run the entire length of the hearth.

anyone who happens to be in the seattle area, please feel free to stop by, hold us, wipe our tears, and of course, offer to help.... PLEASE DEAR GAWD PLEASE.

meanwhile, back in the great room (our huge add-on room built in 1975 apparantly, around 30x40')maddie has been voilently attacked by a rare and quite feral, tail-sucking pacific northwest jaguar named chewie. (yesh, i did say tail-sucking.. click the image to increase and see the freshness for yourself) he commonly attacks maddie when she tries to lay down. he'll face bonk, kneed, roll around, paw at and often just "fall into" maddie before aggressively attacking his own tail. Here's proof: