what a difference a day makes!

 the hole again

 starting floors on Saturday am

new over old

halfway point

we apologize in advance for all the dust in our home right now.

SORRY!

coming together...oh YIPPEE!

Most of the floor is in (kyle is leaving
me a sink and dishwasher until the end...
when he can transfer in one day the
"old" to the "new".)  Most of the
cabinet bases are in.  It's starting
to feel like a kitchen again.


Although our refrigerator just happens
to be in our living room along with
all the boxes from our old cupboards
still.


I LOVE the wood floors!  We finally
decided on countertops (remember this
is NOT a $20K kitchen...we didn't have
$50 (and UP!) a square foot for
counters and so it was a very hard
decision since most things (granite,
quartz, cement, butcher block,
well, ALL solid surfaces start
in that price range.)  We wanted to 
find something that was more in the
$5/6 a square foot which made it 
hard.


We finally found a "cement looking"
tile in a very dark grayish black.
It is an 18" square tile so that
leaves very few grout lines (which
was a worry) but they will be filled
in with dark grout too which will
help on cleaning and kyle can do
a 1/16" tile spacer which will make
for a smaller grout line and easier
cleaning.


I keep telling myself, "not your dream
kitchen Dor!  HOWEVER, a huge HUGE HUGE
upgrade from the plywood you just left!"




It's coming together and if all the
tile pieces arrive via UPS, we could 
have new counters done, a sink back 
in place and (our old) appliances 
workingby next weekend or early
into the next week!


My kids are getting sick of cold
cereal.


In other news (going along with the
theme of "what a difference a day 
makes...")  


I was released from Primary President
yesterday.  Bitter/sweet.  Glad to
be done w/the responsibilities and 
heavier things that rested on my
shoulders.  SOOOOO sad to leave
the kids, my dear sweet counsellors
and a sliver of my heart which stays  
in that funny long skinny Primary 
room of the Olympus 3rd Ward.


It was a good gig and a good run with
some very wonderful people, experiences
and blessings in my life!


Somethings always changing.