WWOD: What would Osama do?
Check out the tile! I wish I could have gotten a shot of the sub floor as well, but I think these two photos will suffice to show the tiling process. It only took two days, but they were about 5 hour days of being bent over (insert joke here) working with natural slate; and the word "slate" comes from the Native American word for heavy, viciously sharp rock.
Next up is to reinforce the door frame, which I discovered was installed with paper clips and chewing gum and then covered up with molding by the Home Depot door contractor. There's nothing like the feeling of paying well for someone to be lazy and prideless about the work they do on your home. Hooray!