Mañana is Soon Enough for Me

The window it is busted and the rain is coming in
If someone doesn't fix it I'll be soaking to my skin

But if we wait a day or two the rain may go away

And we don't need a window on such a lovely day

Mañana, mañana, mañana is soon enough for me

Mañana, mañana, mañana is soon enough for me

~Lyrics by Peggy Lee and Dave Barbour

The tile job on the living room and study floors (see this post and this one) took longer than anyone thought it would, but the results were worth it. I hope you agree. We waved good-bye to the tile ninjas a couple of days ago and it was like sending family members off into the great unknown. They knew a lot about us by the time they left and we knew a lot about them. We will be seeing them again in the future, because I bought way too many tiles and we want to use them in a couple of other places in the house. 

This is the "before" shot of the living room, when things were shoved around and the carpet was suddenly being pulled up (after many mañanas when nothing happened at all). In all fairness, it turned out that the tile boys were employed elsewhere sweeping chimneys, something we didn't understand at the beginning.  The existence of the other job explained a lot about sudden disappearances and reappearances.

Believe me, the old carpet never looked this good in real life. It was spotty and harboring heaven-knows-what down in its depths. It was less than fragrant, I'll tell you, though you probably didn't want to know that. 

Here is the living room after we apparently traded the old carpet for new tile and a sheepdog. Actually, that is our Canadian visitor, who was happy to experience the feel of the cool tile down here in the desert.  

A little tile detail, which is being appreciated by our newest addition, Little Pete. His name has somehow begun to morph into Paulie Beans (aka Pablo Frijoles). He always has a dirty face and a madly wagging tail. 

This is the new floor in the study, with everything the same as in the next room except for the green tiles in the trim. Beez has some big plans for this room and has a desk set up looking out the window, through the orchard, and up to the mountains. It will either be a great place for writing or a lovely place to sit by the fire and admire the view.