Progress at home...

Well, I haven't posted many deals lately, primarily because things are so busy here at home:
--Tuesday the floor man got my living/dining room hardwood laid and had started on the foyer when his $600 nailing gun BROKE. Yech!
--He left here about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, and lo and behold two hours later the UPS man arrived with my living/dining room rugs! (which were not due until May 8) Talk about sympatico!
--Today the floor man is supposed to return with his FIXED nailing gun and get the foyer, den, and hallway hardwood done. (And that should finish his work up hopefully, by tomorrow at the latest).
--Yesterday my braided rug for the den arrived, and it's now residing over the living room rug to iron out the packing creases, which is working out quite nicely, since I can't put it in the den until they get the hardwood laid.
--Yesterday evening Sears called, and they are going to deliver my new glass cooktop, wall oven, range hood, and water heater TODAY. (the kitchen part of this has been on backorder because it was special order). So now I've called the people that will do this installation, which they think will be next week.
--Thankfully my 18-year old water heater is still limping along on its last element and has not leaked!
--Here is a picture of the pattern of my braided rug for the den, it was much prettier than the pic on the website, by the way. It should look wonderful with our tannish-taupe den furniture and walnut paneling. Just enough coral to spice up the room! (click the picture to see a really large version of the pattern)

And here is a pic of the dining room rug. Size was a REAL issue for this rug. I needed exactly 6'7" wide to extend all the way to the china cabinet and still make the table center under the chandelier, and guess what? I actually found one this size! (again, click the pic to see a really big version and 'scuse the mess on the table, the flooring man dumped this stuff there)

And, umm, by the way, if you are interested in area rugs, Kohl's still has theirs on sale for today through Saturday, and you can dip their sale prices even lower by using the Kohl's charge card plus coupon codes "SPECIAL20" (for 20% off the sale prices) and "MVC8726" for free shipping (but alas you still have to pay shipping surcharges for heavy items but it's really not too much)