Thank you Aunt L!!}

Out of the woods...

We have had a round of fevers course through the family....today...I thought we were out of the woods...so off to the woods we went!! Four miles away we have a really nice metro park that occasionally holds family friendly activities. So we headed off to the Rocky River Reservation. We had a great day of sunshine...live music...seedling planting...live animal demonstrations...and our personal favorite...pond dipping. A naturalist was available to help fish out live wiggly squiggly things out of a pond to study. Ohh..and I learned baby geese are almost green...too cool. We came home exhausted but our JB seemed a little too exhausted. Sure enough it's her turn for the fever....

Magnolia

Yeah...it finally bloomed.

Back to the kitchen...

Where to start. I have been holding back on the ongoings of our Home Depot experience but it has not been fun. I am so frustrated with the process. It's not even the design element of the process that's challenging. That part is mostly fun. It's the lack of listening and the high pressure sales. I went in with exact cabinet and color choices and somewhere down the line...she changes colors and design....forgets that we have a cook top and not a range and doesn't include a space for the microwave? What? Really? She didn't even have a island included and states she had a migraine for a week ( I can COMPLETELY understand that....) but then don't call me and say....oh by the way ....you need to order this now because the sale ends Wed. Order what....there is not a kitchen yet. ARRRGGGGHHH I guess I should either just move along and do the best I can with her or regroup and try somewhere else. What to do.....

I should be doing about 100 other things.....but here we are

I would not want to be the guy on the other side of the rope!!}

Kitchen Ongoing....

I visited with the kitchen designer at HD for another meeting and I believe we have a better plan in the works! Yeh! The island (now there is one...) is functional with seating and counter space. I may be losing the cabinets with drawers to save pennies, though. On this most recent plan, I don't see where she put the microwave. In our kitchen, it won't work over the cooktop....so where to put it?

I have a blind date tonight.....

A blind date tonight....with my husband and nine blinds!!>