Our kitchen cabinets are ordered!! After a lot of waiting and a very slow process, we have placed the order-unfortunately, it will probably be the first week of November they are installed. More waiting. Why did we ever think this would be done by the end of September??
We finished the biggest part of the pocket door! This means we have the pieces in place and the door is up. We cut out the wall and it functions for the most part. We still need to put the handle on and frame it. We bought the materials for that today. We are going to try and finish that up tomorrow.
Last Saturday, we got our appliances. We weren't really ready for them, however, since we ordered them at the end of July (thinking the cabinets would be done) we were told take 'em or return 'em. If we returned them, we would lose the rebates, discount and gift cards we got at purchase. In the end, I was pretty excited since the old stove was hell to cook on. I had already ruined a few dinners and a pan.
Here is Michael looking in the new refrigerator (you can see better pictures on the sidebar):
Here is a picture of the old, horrible stove being hauled away.
Now, we ran into a few problems with the new stove. First off, all new stoves are plugged into to an special outlet. Our stove was so old that it was wired directly to the wall. Michael had to go straight away to Home Depot and get the supplies to move the wiring and install an outlet. Once that was taken care of, everything was supposed to be all set. It wasn't. Here is how our new stove should have looked:
Here is how our new stove looked after cooking blueberry muffins on Sunday morning:
We aren't sure what happened. I think the glass wasn't heat proof. It's my best guess. We heard a pop and then saw the shattered glass. I was very angry and upset. Since we couldn't install our new mircowave without the new cabinets we have been stuck with no way to cook food. It's still going to be another week before it's fixed. It's been a disappointing experience.
We also worked on the lights in the bathroom. There was a lot of wiring and re-wiring involved and Michael was stuck in deep thought many a nights over it. In the end, he was able to get the 2 switches on 1 wall and the lights up. There are lights for over the sink, more lights where the hall way once was and eventually there will be a light with the heater/fan.
I am totally in love with these lights. For some reason they remind me of Broadway actresses getting ready backstage before a show. I will feel famous and beautiful every morning I get ready.
Finally, we had the water heater mover to the other side of the wall. We also got a 30 gallon tank. It doesn't hold as much hot water, but we have it turned on high and our showers have been fine.
Well, that's the latest. Not much going on this week, as Michael will be out of town. Hopefully we will be able to get some great thing done tomorrow and next weekend.
