While we didn’t get much else accomplished, we did get the kitchen floor laid. That wasn’t easy. A square (at least loosely) room is SO MUCH easier than a room wherein every row laid requires custom cuts… around cabinets, stoves, dishwashers, divider walls… oh the agony. I started cutting the tiles by hand, but that proved too time consuming and tiring. No carpenter by trade am I. So the Woman convinced me to accept, as a gift, a circular saw. I chose the Milwaukee 6390-21. It definitely made short work of those tiles… up until the blade got too dull and started over-heating, which then caused it to warp heavily within the casing of the saw, making straight cuts *extremely* difficult.

Those laminate tiles chew through blades like they were made of… something… harder than the blade. I guess I should have used a diamond tipped blade, eh?

I can’t wait to start using that Milwaukee on the deck planks. That’s a project I’m definitely looking forward to. As for the kitchen floor, I’m just glad that crap is done. I didn’t really enjoy putting it down. Nosiree. That sucked. We’ve been dealing with the lack of a decent working kitchen since mid-February, and we’re definitely reaching the end of our patience with it. I’m hoping that it’ll be real quick-like to get the countertops measured and delivered.

Just to have a sink again in the kitchen will be extraordinary!

We. Are. Ready. To. Be. Done.