Oh Happy Day! April 28, 2008

Today is a very happy day.  Probably one of the happiest days of my married life.  Not the happiest, but I must say that it ranks very high.  What has caused this supreme happiness?  Let me enlighten you…

About two months ago, we began a kitchen renovation.  No it is not finished yet, so this is not the cause of this extreme happiness, but it coordinates with it.  Josh first tore out the soffets, and then he became the assistant pastor at Faith Baptist Church, so things were put on hold.  A couple of weeks ago, he sheet-rocked the wall and ceiling behind the soffets, mudded the seams, and scraped the ugly popcorn ceiling.  However, due to the ceiling being previously painted, it did not scrape cleanly, and we had to skim-coat the entire ceiling, and then sand it, before applying the knockdown spray.  Well, due to a house appraisal coming, this weekend we made a major dent.

I started repainting the cabinets, Josh put crown molding on the top of cabinets, and started it around the kitchen/dining room.  Then, today, my dad came to help.  Why?  Well, the reason for my udder happiness, of course!!  We installed a dishwasher, new countertop, sink, faucet, track ceiling light, and garbage disposal.  Now, some of you know this, but I have not had a dishwasher since we bought our house, 4 1/2 years ago.  Over a year ago my garbage disposal stopped working, so I have been without that.  It is like Christmas!!  I think that this is the first night that I will go to bed without dishes sitting in the sink or on the countertop waiting to be washed.  Complete happiness!!

The kitchen and dining room will look so wonderful - I now can see the future.  There is still more work to do:  lots of painting, finish the crown, change other counters, tile backsplash, pendant light, and ceiling fan.  But, that will come, and probably pretty quickly due to the appraisal.  Yippee!!  I will include pictures at the end, because it is right now still messy.

Oh happy day!!