Saturday, September 29, 2012
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
10 year kitchen
One of the many things we liked about our house was that the kitchen had not been redone - which meant we could view it as a blank slate.
The eventual dream kitchen is going to be monstrously expensive, take a long time to do, including moving a half-bath, new floors, structural work, etc... It also won't be something we will be excited the kids - and soon enough their friends - beating on.
So, tired of the current kitchen with its especially limited counterspace and questionable/beaten down storage, we are going to do a "10 year kitchen." Less-expensive cabinetry, re-use the current range, no moving walls, better storage, a sink that we don't hate, a disposal that works, bring the microwave and toaster into the kitchen from the mudroom.
The new fridge, which we hope to carry over to the dream kitchen, arrives this weekend, but I (likely) won't start ripping things out until we're through the holidays. I have a couple other projects to finish first.
NOTE FROM KATE: Dad - you are NOT permitted to do any work on this kitchen or to encourage my husband to rip anything out while you are here for Christmas. No no no.
Here is what we currently have:
This is what we'll be going for:
The eventual dream kitchen is going to be monstrously expensive, take a long time to do, including moving a half-bath, new floors, structural work, etc... It also won't be something we will be excited the kids - and soon enough their friends - beating on.
So, tired of the current kitchen with its especially limited counterspace and questionable/beaten down storage, we are going to do a "10 year kitchen." Less-expensive cabinetry, re-use the current range, no moving walls, better storage, a sink that we don't hate, a disposal that works, bring the microwave and toaster into the kitchen from the mudroom.
The new fridge, which we hope to carry over to the dream kitchen, arrives this weekend, but I (likely) won't start ripping things out until we're through the holidays. I have a couple other projects to finish first.
NOTE FROM KATE: Dad - you are NOT permitted to do any work on this kitchen or to encourage my husband to rip anything out while you are here for Christmas. No no no.
Here is what we currently have:
This is what we'll be going for:
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Pictures
I just uploaded a bunch of photos from my cell phone so now there is much more of the brood to enjoy!!
Smiles
Kisses
First meeting
Pig
Taste
Smiles
Saturday, September 8, 2012
Roll Over
Sam rolled over today!!
He had been working on this right before bath time when he was lying on the bath mat naked. Tonight, while I was running his bath water he rolled right on over. But that wasn't the end of it. As soon as he did it he started screaming bloody murder. He basically scared the crap out of himself by being successful. He screamed his scared scream for a solid 3 minutes. Now, I know 3 minutes doesn't sound like a long time. But look at your clock right now. Time the next 3 minutes and imagine a baby screaming the whole time. It might as well be forever. I was doing my best to console him, but I have to admit the occasional chuckle slipped out as I was trying to help. Silly baby.
He had been working on this right before bath time when he was lying on the bath mat naked. Tonight, while I was running his bath water he rolled right on over. But that wasn't the end of it. As soon as he did it he started screaming bloody murder. He basically scared the crap out of himself by being successful. He screamed his scared scream for a solid 3 minutes. Now, I know 3 minutes doesn't sound like a long time. But look at your clock right now. Time the next 3 minutes and imagine a baby screaming the whole time. It might as well be forever. I was doing my best to console him, but I have to admit the occasional chuckle slipped out as I was trying to help. Silly baby.
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