How Not to Renovate

I could start a TV show on how not to proceed with home renovations.
#1 Don't start anything you don't intend to finish
#2 Don't start anything out of boredom.

We've been talking about our gastly front entrance with the 1970's tiles, which all the grout is starting to crack and fall apart. I think we are going with a tile "front entrance matt" type of thing, framed with hardwood and carring the wood down the rest of the hall way, replacing all the tile and the Bird's of Paradise carpet.

I was bored, grabbed a crow bar and hammer and attacked. After about 20 minutes, I was bored of this too, and stopped. Shit...now what?



There was so much more to do, but I had some common sense to STOP before I ripped up the whole house.
Fortunately, the portion that I removed can be almost completely covered by a hideous green cut of carpet...At least we aren't walking on thin-set and plywood!
When does Daryl come home? I think we are going to learn to tile a floor! WOOHOO!
Opps.