My Single Mom Life

We ended up not ripping the carpet out today like we had planned, Mindy had a wicked migraine.
I had the house all ready, I didn't move the furniture of course, but I did clean everything up including the table of death, so that when we did need to move the furniture around to pull up the carpet, we didn't have to deal with all my crap first.
When Mindy and Chris didn't get here by 3:30pm, I knew something was up but figured I'd give them a little more time before I called.
When I called at 4pm, I could tell right away that she wasn't ok, it was just the way she answered the phone, and when she told me that she laid down to take a nap to try and kill off a migraine and woke up when she heard the phone ring, she looked at the clock and knew right away what she had totally forgotten to do today.
I told her it was no big deal at all, it can be done another day, so she said that on Saturday after they get done with the yard sale, they'll come over and do it.
She said that her son Jeff doesn't have to work that day, so we'll have an extra able-bodied person to help with it.

Sitting here tonight with my freshly vacuumed carpet, nothing crunching under foot, (chip or cookie crumbs from the teens) and completely clutter-free, I now don't want to be completely without some sort of carpeting.
Terrazzo flooring gets really cold in the winter, and while it does stay cool in the summer, if it gets really humid outside, it tends to sweat a little.
It always has a slightly wet look and feel to it in the summer months, so I always have to throw a towel down on the floor in front of the kitchen sink while I do dishes so I don't slip and fall.

I'd absolutely love to buy another Bissel carpet cleaner, but I really don't know if it would work on getting all of the stains and pee smell out after so much time has passed.
I suppose that I could wait a few more weeks before ripping the carpet out and rent a carpet cleaner from Publix to see if it would, but if it doesn't work, I will have wasted money renting it to clean a carpet that I'm just going to rip out.
A dilemma to ponder, but I only have a few days to ponder it before the 2nd planned rip-out party.
Or I could just go ahead and rip it out as planned and then start saving some money up to buy some throw rugs for in front of my chair and the 2 couches, or maybe a big 8x10 for the living room that would fit in front of both couches, and then get a smaller matching throw rug for in front of my chair.

This hand tufted wool rug is really pretty, and it would match the colors in my living room really nicely.
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This hand tufted wool rug from India would also perfectly match my home nicely too.

I can't afford either of them at their prices, and they would have to be on a very serious sale for me to afford either, but I do like them, the 2nd one more then the 1st.
I just like the pebble-stone look of the 2nd one, it's just a really unique and pretty rug pattern.
I'm going to keep looking through all of the different rugs, throw rugs, and runners that Buy.com has, they have a pretty big selection, and maybe I can find that same pattern in a smaller rug and if they do, I can start saving up to buy a few of them, I think that 4 would do it.
One for in front of each couch, a throw in front of the kitchen sink, and maybe another small throw in front of my chair.