Well, turns out the sons out voted dad on the carpet thing so it's laminate flooring after all. But they might get us some area rugs, which seems very out-of-the-ordinary-nice for landlords to do. But these landlords do seem to be exceptionally awesome. We stopped by yesterday because they called to tell us the garden was ready already. It's HUGE! It takes up almost the entire back yard! And they bought a shovel and hose for us, even mentioned putting in a garden shed for us. How cool is that? They also asked us to pick out some paint colors to negotiate. They're fine with us picking the colors, as long as they're not crazy. I think they mentioned purple as an example of crazy...I wouldn't mind a light lilac in the bedroom but we'll see.