It's gettin' there..

Today is Saturday and the cabinet installer finished up yesterday doing as much as he could. He will come back after the countertop gets in and finish up with with the molding and two other cabinets that need to go in. Hopefully, our floor will be installed on Monday. Tuesday the guy is suppose to come and measure for the countertop. It might be up to two weeks before the counter top is done (I hope it doesn't take that long). John is busy putting up some molding around the pantry door and then will paint the trim around the windows and the pantry door. As you can see by the pics, it's all starting to come together. Can't wait!! So, the million dollar question is, are we really ready to tackle the bathroom after the kitchen is complete????

Getting Soooo Excited

Today is Friday, so happy Friday everybody. Progress is being made on the kitchen cabinets. The installer got the bottom cabinets installed yesterday and now he's working on the top. Maggie is sitting on my lap as she's afraid of the nail gun. It's a little awkward typing with a 13 lb. dog in your arms.

Last night John and I had a couple brewskies at "The Bully" (well, I did anyway), with our friends Bill and Sue who we have known forever and ever and ever and who are so much fun to be with. I wanted to update them on our kitchen. They don't live too far from us and sometimes they will "pop" in to see the progress being made.

I'm meeting my lunch buddies today for lunch at Taco Time as I haven't seen them for awhile. I'm going to post a picture of us at our annual Christmas lunch. We all worked together for many years at the Dept. of Natural Resources (DNR) and most of us had lunch together every day and have developed liftetime friendships. Since I'm retired, I don't see them that much and sure do miss them, as they have become like family to me. Over the years we have helped each other through the bad times and have laughed sooooo much through other times (oh boy, could we tell some great work stories). One thing I know, is we've always been there for each other and always will be.

Happy Valentines Day

Whoo Hoo! Today is Valentines's Day. Love is in the air, the kitchen cabinets have arrived and they're beginning installation today!! Hopefully, they will finish up on Friday and the countertop installation will begin next Tuesday. Yesterday, Home Depot came and took all the cabinets out of the boxes and inspected them one by one. There was only one shelf that was broken during shipping and we're told that will be easily replaced. I absolutely love them!! John surprised me with reservations at Budd Bay for dinner, but I don't think the workers will be out of here on time, so we'll have to postpone our dinner, but that's okay we'll maybe go this weekend. Better go, my worker bees will be here.

Sweet 16

It's my niece Samantha's
16 birthday today. Happy
Birthday Samantha!! I can't
believe she's that old already,
just seems like yesterday she
was only 3--where in the heck does the time go? Isn't she pretty? Now that I've totally embarrassed her....


John and Brandon got the subfloor done yesterday and now we're just waiting for the cabinets to be delivered on Tuesday. John is tired so he's taking a little nappy poo right now and I'm doing laundry and playing on the computer. Our friends Bill & Sue stopped by yesterday to see how our kitchen is progressing. They got here just as John finished working so we all sat down and had a brewsky together. HEY--it's stopped raining and the sun is actually peeking through. My daffodils are popping up and the robins have arrived, so spring is on the way. It's been a long winter!

Wyatt and Evin

I sure do miss Wyatt and Evin. Snow (and the kitchen) keeps us apart. So maybe I can communicate to them through this site.

Making progress

It's Saturday and Brandon just arrived to help his dad lay the sub-floor. They're working hard. The cabinets are due to arrive on Tuesday, then we need to schedule to have them put up. I was holding my breath that they weren't coming from the midwest because of the snow, but I think they're being shipped from Arizona (thank goodness).