Kitchen is done! well, mostly

Suppose this is the last of the blog - the kitchen is together (mostly!) and I have even cooked a few meals. Steve just left for a 5-day Rogue River rafting trip - well deserved after getting this kitchen together. He plumbed, electrified, sanded, and stained his way through all this. I am still not all the way moved into it, but see that in the near future. Now, you are all more than welcome to visit. Eugene is a pretty awesome place in the summer.

Bees

We have a honey bee hive in the chimney. Steve thinks we can capture the queen and put her to work in a better l0cation. Anyone know anything about bees?

Poison Oak

I was being so careful! I did all the right things. But, alas, I am covered in poison oak pustules. Waist, inner arm, spots on neck, and my personal favorite, the nose. Steve is afflicted too, but he complains less. I will spare you a photo of that but have included the work on the countertops. The fine sanding has begun. The boys also decided to try to kerf the boards that are a bit warped in an attempt to give them more flex. As I see it, this means routering along the length of the underside about every 2 inches to decrease the thickness. The days are stretching out ahead of us without a kitchen, but I am just glad that we have a sink and refrigerator.

Fourth of July & new neighbors

We had a great 4th! Steve and kids built a fire pit and we had some friends over to light the works. Also, the new neighbors moved into our old house today and guess what - three boys! Ages 10, 6, and 2. D is singing in bliss. We got the appliances today - the fridge is in and we installed the range hood today - must wait to get a few more things in order before we can install the rest.

Three months - and more

So, the saga does still continue and I thought I'd keep writing (for my own sanity at least) until we have a working kitchen. We do now have a working laundry room as Steve finished it up today and hooked everything back. Of course, he wanted to run a load to check that everything was working. I walked in on him a few minutes later and he was so involved in some other project that he didn't notice that the floor was flooding! Luckily, 1) there is a drain in the floor that works and 2) we figured out that the plugged sink had overflowed when the drain cycle was running and that we just had to unplug it.

The most interesting stories are about trying to sell our stuff on craigslist. We have this futon with an all wood frame that has a very nice mattress. Everyone sleeps comfortably on it. Well, the people that come into your life! There was the lady who drove up in the tiniest of vehicles and kept saying she wanted it, but then explained that she didn't want it for two more weeks but wasn't going to give me a dime to hold it because, "she doesn't know me." She told me this at least three times before driving off. The next lady arrived today in some Lexus (some super duper series L thingy) and she was well coiffed. She hummed and hawed (we are selling this $800 futon for $150) and scratched at a ding. All the while telling me about how they are building their dream cabin up on a lake that is on the property they bought next to their existing cabin. And, oh yeah, would we like to trade the futon for a night at the existing cabin. She even said we could check in early if we liked. Steve kinda laughed at her. But then we are the ones with a futon in the middle of our living space. Ughh.