Do not covet your neighbors flooring

Ok - The easy to install beautiful flooring - is beautiful - but darn it takes some hard work.
This is how the story goes.
To put down the flooring you need to remove the trim.
Once you remove the trim, we realize that this is a perfect time to repaint.
Repainting begins. (trip #2 to Lowes)
Then you must remove the stove and fridge. Both scary activities. We realize that we should tile the back splash behind the stove while we have everything pulled out. (trip # 3 to Lowes, but hey, we picked out some cool tile and now we have two more additional tools for the garage.)
Floor work begins - but realize we are missing the special tool that makes the gigantic puzzle align. (New tools 3 and 4) (last and final trip to Lowes for the day)

Last night at 7:30 we called it a day - We have 1/3 left to do - but it looks awesome. We get to move out the washer and dryer AND remove the toilet from the BASE ;(

We both acknowledged we are getting older and needed hot showers to soothe our tired bones. But, we worked together for 12 hours for one common goal and the project is almost finished. Not a bad way to spend the day. Pics to come...