Adventures in Renovations

I mentioned earlier that my life was in disarray because of my kitchen being remodeled.  And then I got stuck at home with no appliances or sinks due to a snow storm.  But then suddenly it was over. 

But the most important part of this is WHO was doing the renovations.  They were very nice men.  But after they left I had the overwhelming desire to clean my kitchen.  With bleach.  When the hubs came home and saw me, with latex gloves on, a bucket of bleach and on my hands and knees scrubbing he just stared.  Then finally...

Hubs: "What are you doing?"

Me: "Disinfecting."

Hubs: "Exactly what is our floor infected with?"

Me:  "Butt Lesions, obviously."  (I realize NOW this was probably not an obvious infection of our ceramic tile).

Hubs: "And where did the tile get butt lesions?"

Me: "From the contractor.  HE has butt lesions."

Hubs: "How do you know?"

Me: "Really?  That's what you want to ask right now?  You don't want to know if the butt lesions are infected with like herpes or Malaria?  Do you not realize I am trying to SAVE our LIVES?"

Hubs: "Well, are they?"
Me: "How would I know?  I didn't ask for a sample of the man's butt lesions!"

Hubs: "How do you know he has butt lesions?"

Me: "Because I am pretty sure he moonlights as a plumber."

To me, that OBVIOUSLY means he doesn't wear a belt.  Or suspenders.  Or freaking underwear that covers his crack.  To Hubs that meant I hired him to do plumbing...

Hubs: "So he....was working on the toilet?"

Me: "Don't be ridiculous.  He puts in tile."

Hubs: "Then how do you know of the butt lesions?"

Me: "Aaron told me!"  (Aaron is a co-worker - a married co-worker who likes women).

Hubs: "And he knows because..."

Me: "You pay no attention.  Aaron SAW the butt lesions when he was bent over."

Hubs:  "Nevermind...I don't REALLY need to know...."

My Life is No Longer in Disarray

That means the kitchen is finished.  It's done.  Counters in.  Tiled backsplash done.  The mess the construction crew left?  Cleaned up.  I spent hours on my knees cleaning the tile and the cabinets  but in the end?

WORTH IT.

Now, if I can get up the courage to have them come back and finish the third floor bonus room we might finish all our planned renovations.  Of course, that means locking the cats in a bedroom during the day again...

And the mess of construction.  And butt lesions.

Snowed in

I've been snowed in for a few days.  It hasn't been fun.  First off, by snowed in, I mean SNOWED in.  I can't get my SUV out of the garage.  I tried to shovel the snow but to no avail.  And my husband?  He's out of town.  He left before the snow really got bad on Sunday and won't be home until Saturday, at the earliest.

In addition to being snowed in, my kitchen is not finished yet.  And by not finished yet I mean I have no working sinks, my dishwasher is not hooked up, my cooktop is not hooked up and my dining room and living room are cluttered with all the stuff that is supposed to be in my kitchen.  There are also two cabinets laying in my living room (they had to be removed for the granite install).  Last night I had to wash dishes in my bathroom sink.  I can't figure out how I had so many dishes to wash considering I haven't been able to cook.  Luckily I had some food here that was microwaveable.  Otherwise, I'd be wasting away to nothing!

Now, if the temperature will just get over 10, maybe I can get off this hill!

My Life Is In Disarray!

Ok, not my life, but my kitchen!  My kitchen is in disarray.  Which, as any homeowner knows, that basically means that my life is in disarray.

We had big plans for our house.  I mean, we bought it because it was perfect.  It had the perfect number of bedrooms (4), bathrooms (3.5), AND land (a couple acres).  The layout?  Perfect.  The kitchen?  Perfect.  The deck? Perfect.  The attached garage? Perfect.

SO, we bought it.  And love it.  So that obviously means that we need to CHANGE it.  Because everyone should renovate their home at some point. So we brainstormed....

"Let's add a larger garage and turn the old garage into an extra den!"
"Let's make the kitchen bigger, move the laundry room into the (soon to be) den!"
"Let's finish the attic!"
"Let's redo our bathroom!"

So obviously when we came up with all those ideas, we decided to start small and redo the kitchen (we aren't making it bigger, we're doing the easy stuff - new countertops, new backsplash, new sinks and faucets).

And now?  I can see into my kitchen drawers without opening them, which is kind of cool if I need to grab scissors really quickly, plus I can see into the snack cabinet and have found some food I forgot I bought (and should probably throw away)...

Two days...I just have to live like this for two days.  And, hopefully, the dust will settle quickly so the cats will stop sneezing.