OH MY!

We have a demolition date. Randy is working the next 10 days straight and then right after that, MY KITCHEN WILL BE NO MORE! I got all uptight about having things a certain way and then I realized, seriously, I lived in base housing for the first 8 years of my marriage. I think anything will be great and better than what we have now.



Oh you want to know details???

Do we have a design?...UHHH, no!?

Are we having someone come in and remodel for us? uhh no, that is Randy!

Have we picked out anything (appliances, cabinets, counter tops etc)? Uhh no!

Do you have colors picked out since the color of the kitchen has to go throughout the family room because there is no break? Uhh No

Am I nervous? (believe it or not) No!

Randy's dad is driving in for I think a couple of weeks to help him. That takes a huge weight off of my shoulders because sometimes when Randy gets into projects, he forgets that I am a weakling (I never used to be, but seem to have acquired that trait in the last decade) and when he needs help, he calls me.. HELLO.. weakling. We have had a couple designers in here, but are just waiting to get them in hand. We have been in contact with them along the way, so we have a general idea of what we are going to do. The cabinets, I have been looking at cabinets since we moved in here. it will just be narrowing down and picking the right ones. The counter tops, we are leaning towards Sile stone but are also considering granite. The appliances we are either going to go with Samsung (their refrigerator is AMAZING) or Kenmore series. We have decided to go with hardwood. When I open up the two rooms, I just can't bare the thought of tearing up perfectly good original hardwood floors. We are probably going to go with unfinished ones and have someone come in and match/refinish the entire first floor. Randy asked me the other day to start thinking where I want my lights and switches. HELLO! I have been figuring that out since the first day I moved in here. That is a no brainer. Randy will have the cabinets put in professionally. They are just a pain in the butt to get EXACTLY right. That and tile were the two things I wanted professionally done and since we are doing hardwood, the tile is a non issue. We may have to have part of a wall rebeamed because the wall we are taking out is a load bearing wall. That will definitely be done by a professional. The same guy that did my FABULOUS master bath will do the beaming.

So we will roll with whatever comes. Even though it seems like we are totally disorganized, it should really pull together, right now it is just all fanned out. We won't be out of a kitchen really either. Down in the basement, the girls have a playroom, there is a deep utility sink, a bathroom, my old kitchen table and a family room. I will take down my toaster oven (I full up cooked in that for 6 months in Korea) I will get a single burner, and we have a refrigerator down there. the only thing I won't have is a dishwasher. It will be like a little apartment down there. AUGUST 11! I will take before pictures this week, and then of course progress reports throughout.




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A couple of other this and thats

Was anyone else affected by the Spam out? I know I couldn't get on Katie's, Joanns and a few others. I started to panic as to why I couldnt' get on it. Finally today it was fixed! Panic attack averted!

Make sure you check out andrea's blog. She has a new sweet baby boy.(and big I might add)

Have a good weekend!