Carpeting is stupid.

Let me begin by giving Cheryl a HUGE round of applause. I am very glad to know that guilt works on you so well, Cheryl! I will be certain to use it more in the future with you! :P

Now, to the carpeting.
Our new house has "frame" hardwood floors, which means, there is beautiful hardwood all the way around the outer edge of the room, then a bigass piece of unfinished flooring in the center, which typically, one would put an area rug over. Area rugs are a flipping joke. To begin with, the dining room and living room areas that need to be covered are some whackadoo size.... like... 9'3"x 10'8". 8x10 rugs are not big enough, 9x12 are too big one way, and not big enough the other.... it's totally screwball. Aside from that fact, when we DO find area rugs that we like, they cost between $600-$2000!!!!! If I'm correct, there are places you can go to get your entire house carpeted for $600! So, my thought was this: get regular carpeting, just have it put down in the "areas".... not wall to wall. Those hardwood floors are part of the character of the house. I am not covering those suckers up! Well, I called (sing it with me...) "800-588-2300.... Empire!" to get my free in home estimate, and somehow, I got the one salesman who has no clue what I'm talking about and thinks that what I want would be impossible to do. So, my free in home estimate was free and in home, but has yet to be estimated, until he gets further information. He seems to think that what we would need to do is bring the carpet to the house, measure it to the floor, take it back, get the edges bound, then come back and we could use it as an area rug. Ok... that's not what I wanted. And, when I said that I wanted only the center part of the stairs done, he said the same would have to be done.... bring it, measure it, cut it, take it back, bind the edges, then bring it back and lay it. : COME THE FLIP ON! I said "so... if I can't have folded under edges that are tacked down?" and he says he doesn't think so. He took one helluva lot of measurements, and John and I found the perfect carpet (which we were informed was one of the most expensive ones he had.... there's a shocker)..... so, dude is scheduled to come back in two days and have all the answers for us. I'm having a feeling that we'll be doing more shopping around for carpeting and skipping our business with Empire.

Next topic: I love Dancing with the Stars. And, could I be more excited that the new fall season starts this week?? No... I couldn't. Cloris Leachman made me laugh out loud last night. They had to silent bleep her three times on live television because of her filthy mouth. That woman is 82 and kicking ass. I absolutely love her. I even loved her when she was on Facts of Life.
Kim Kardashian's ass amazes me. Let me link you to a pic so you can understand. She's cute. She's got a nice body... but, then there's that ass!!!! That is some crazy stuff there. Bottom line is, I love Dancing with the Stars. Not as much as I love So You Think You Can Dance, but still.

Bedtime for the kiddies! More tomorrow!