Lots of pieces to the puzzle

Well almost all the pieces are here. We managed to get all the almost 100--72 pound packages of flooring in the correct rooms, lugging about half of these up the stairs.

The interior doors and finish woodwork arrived at the beginning of December and the replacement pieces of flooring arrived today.

Installation of the flooring started earlier this week, but ran into a snag as the wood is so dense and hard (which is a good thing in the long run). We have had to order a new tool to install, so that added a couple of days delay.

Yesterday Ken and I borrowed a vintage flatbed truck from our neighbor and drove 100 miles each way to pick up about a ton and a half of tile. It was an adventure as an exhaust gasket failed and we made LOTS of noise all the way home, so much that a Washington State Dept. of Transportation rescue vehicle followed us for several miles to make sure we were ok.