Kitchen Update

Here's how far I got with my kitchen re-do in a week. Not bad for somebody who has a bad back, a bad knee and a broken tooth. :)

Kitchen Spruce-Up

I've been wanting to spruce up the kitchen in the Omaha Street house for over 10 years now....and finally I have a week to do it. Unfortunately, my back isn't cooperating with my will, and I have to do everything very slowly and rest lots inbetween. But here's where we start today - and I'm just cleaning lots:
























I am taking off the doors and sanding before refinishing them with a new paint color. The same color will go on the woodwork. I am going to leave the plaster walls and ceiling white, I think, just freshen the paint, but honestly I haven't decided yet.

I decided to have a professional do the floor - had a guy measure for an estimate yesterday for marmoleum, which looks like a nice old-fashioned product. My back just won't support me doing any floor work right now.

Thank You Note

Recently our friend Tom Kayser turned 18. Tom is the son of Anne & Jeff Kayser. He had several birthday parties this year and we were invited to one of them. We brought Tom the movie "Oh Brother Where Art Thou?" which he hadn't seen. And then we all enjoyed chocolate birthday cake. Anne didn't want to have cake left lying around, so she had me take home the cake.

This week we received a thank you note from Tom. It said the following: