and it's now mid-november

So last week was the first time I have ever done dishes in the bathtub of my house. Sure, a hostel here or there, but never in my house. However, G removed the kitchen cabinets to complete the hardwood floor install - so the current house configuration is: most living room pieces - in the guest room and in the baby room; the couch is on end in the hallway; the dining room chairs take up the office; the kitchen pantry is shoved up against the front door; the remaining kitchen items are in the hallway (fighting the couch for space). This leaves us with a toaster and microwave in the bathroom on the floor (as far away from water sources as possible, not plugged in when showers happen) and dishes are done in the bathtub. Are we having fun yet?

Well, yes. I know it isn't permanent. G finished the floor over the weekend (I spent the night at a friend's house due to overwhelming off-gassing) and today was spent trying to re-install the kitchen cabinets. Some of you may have heard a story about a co-worker of mine who gave us some kitchen cabinets. They were left-over from his brother's development project, and free to us. We were very excited. Unfortunately - it didn't quite work out... here's my note to M:

So we got the cabinets back to the house, got them unloaded and lined up in the kitchen. Tricky thing is, they are all mostly bathroom cabinets. There are only two kitchen cabinets, both sink units, and the rest are the shorter bathroom cabinets. No idea how the boys missed this when they were loading them up… I think they were just trying to get ‘er done and didn’t notice. So all the cabinets moved down to the garage where they are resting nicely with all their parts and pieces. I’m guessing I should document the dimensions of all of them and we’ll figure out a plan. The plus side is that we used the rental truck to do a dump run, which cleaned out half the garage (very worthwhile!). The downside – we tacked the old cabinets back in place. I hate those things. Slapped a coat of paint on them last night and pray they’ll look decent after a second coat. Anyway, that’s the cabinet drama so far…

The sink has running water but the disposal isn't hooked up yet (G walked out of the house saying, "well, you can use the sink, but if it starts to leak, then put a bucket under it" which equals "no thanks" from me! I don't want to be responsible for a flood on the brand new barely-cured hardwood floor!). He is working on installing the trim right now. Then hopefully tomorrow we can start putting the house back together before our guests show up for the Thanksgiving holiday. They start arriving on Sunday and my to-do list is quite long... everything from "clean bathroom" to "wash extra linens". I can hardly wait for them to arrive - as crazy as it all is right now - being surrounded by loved ones is the best ever. I miss my California peeps!

And seriously - if this was your floor, you'd be a happy camper, right?



That's what I thought...

I love the tigerwood!! It is so beautiful. We are so close to having this project finished.

Now, onto my knitting, baking and organizing... because, you know, knitting a baby blanket is the most appropriate way for me to gaze at my gorgeous new floor, right?