Picking grout

We decided the darker one 'disappeared' more, though both were good matches

October 28: Mini-vanity in smallest bathroom

Vanity top and shower in master bathroom

This one shows the shower itself better

Upstairs vanity

Tile progress

Kailyn and Don spotted these turkeys on the way home. There were a lot more than this, even, but they quickly disappeared into the woods

Kailyn insisted it was too many turkeys to be a flock, but was instead a whole herd

One more turkey pic

The return of the flooring dilemma. Pics don't entirely help; these look very different than they do here than in person, and provide no sense of the texture or glossiness.

Notice how different they look from this angle. Top 2 options: the bottom left one, and the middle left in the 6-panel (the hand-scraped version of our original pick.)

October 29: Decorative tile with 3 plain tiles in between

Closer up with 3 plain tiles in between

With 2 plain tiles in between

Closer with 2 plain tiles in between

Wood samples

October 30: Connor with Mittens before school

Of course, once I took Connor's picture, Kailyn wanted me to take a picture of her, too

Ringo apparently reading Newsweek this afternoon -- an article about Palin and the "Bridge to Nowhere." He didn't look impressed.

I think we've narrowed the wood down to these two: "suede" on the left and "pecan" on the right. Here shown with main floor tile and wall paint, no flash used

Wood samples with the downstairs tile

With the cabinetry (taken in the bathroom, but the idea was to see how it'd go with the cabinetry once both were installed in the kitchen)

With the masonry heater

With the utility room floor