Well, our new floor is done. Not by us, though. On Friday morning, we ripped up the carpet and were ready to start laying the laminate by around lunchtime. We cut 2 boards and the saw literally burst into flames. So we get another saw, work till about 5, and get only about 50 square feet done. The next morning, the saw stops working. It was not too funny. But one funny thing was that I sat down on a bench on our front porch to have a little cry, and while I was sitting there crying the bench broke. We were pretty much displaced from our house for 3 days.
We ended up having "paid professionals" install the floor this morning. They were done in about 5 hours. It looks great and I really really like it.