It's been a long time coming!

When they bought the house 23 years ago, Janet says, the kitchen needed to be painted. 23 years later, it's finally getting done! Craig's camera is broken, so I have taken it upon myself to document this remodeling project--at least this one middle point. I apologize now for not having any "before" pictures.

Craig's birthday was Friday (Happy Birthday!) and Craig and Janet's anniversary was Saturday (Happy Anniversary!). We drove our family up to spend the weekend visiting (me and the girls) and helping with the construction (Chris).


So far, everything has been ripped out. The sub-flooring has been replaced (two different layers...sorry, I don't know enough to explain what the two layers are!). That was the primary activity all of Friday.


By the time we left on Saturday night, all the sub-flooring was finished, the sheetrock behind the sink area had been replaced, and one portion of the wall was extended nine inches (in the doorway). By the time we had gotten home, both soffits were extended as well. (Have you ever heard the word soffit? I never had. It's the section of wall that sticks out over the top of the cabinets, filling in the space between the cabinets and ceiling.)


Here is a picture of the cabinet that will be going in. I think it's gorgeous...I wish you could see it in person!


They are planning on painting the walls white with one colored wall for accent. Brenda and I are pushing for some shade of red/burgundy that will bring out the red in the cabinet wood. Any suggestions?

There are some unfortunate side effects of remodeling a kitchen. Like no where to sit while eating.


Besides replacing the entire kitchen (including all appliances), the front entryway door is being replaced. Again, beautiful choice!


Thanks go to Larry Kendall for the use of his shop for painting the doors. The girls enjoyed it, too.


Speaking of the girls, we spent the vast majority of the weekend hanging out in the basement, away from all power tools. I worked on my 2009 blog book (so so so close to being done!!!) and the girls watched movies. All weekend.

We watched movies while we ate...


First thing in the morning...


And pretty much the rest of the time, too...


During snack times we usually ventured upstairs. Power tools can be pretty exciting to watch, don't ya know.


And it can be pretty fun to help Grandpa, too.


I have to throw this picture in simply because it is the only picture of me from the entire weekend. Ha.

I'm excited to see the end result of the kitchen. It promises to look very, very nice.

One side Jane story: Jane is on a marriage kick right now. She keeps telling me that she's getting married tomorrow. On Sunday afternoon, she sat at the front window for a long time. Why? She was waiting for her prince, of course.


She is going to marry Prince Muptin tomorrow. He's two, just like her. And he is afraid of the metal man. I guess that's an important trait when looking for a future spouse.