Day 67 April 22

It was a double edge sword kind of day. We had our countertop templated, YAY!, and then she told us it would be three weeks, tear tear :o(. Aaaaand, a section of the cabinets weren’t in level with the rest so they needed to be dropped about ½”. I would strongly guess that was the first time david wanted to shed a few tears too, or punch something. Either way, we got the ball rolling on the countertop so all we can do now is wait and get everything else done.

David had come home early in an effort to ask questions and confirm details the lady may have. Which she did have a few and I was glad David was there. After she wrapped up all her equipment, went over some details, had us sign a few things, she was out the door and we were breaking cabinets apart. Sad, sad day. There were definitely some frustrating moments, but It actually went smoother than we thought it would. Once we managed to lower it a bit, our next concern was to make sure the dishwasher would fit. David said when he and Shawn worked on it before, it was an extremely tight fit, and was very hard to come by. So once the cabinets were in place and we were pretty positive there was enough space, David craved a little more confirmation and we dragged the dishwasher over to put in the spot. After struggling to get it off it’s wooden base, we slipped it in and it couldn’t have fit any more perfectly! You rock David :o)

After we wrapped up the cabinet debacle, we both headed outside. I worked on draining and refilling the hot tub, which we didn’t use all winter but David is convinced Spring and Fall are it’s prime season, while David worked on the truck. The past couple of months we have had major issues with the brakes sticking real bad, but it was still drivable. But then the other day as I was heading down the driveway to take the trash down it got really bad and started screeching it’s tires on the pavement which it has never done. So I backed it up the driveway and left it waiting to be looked at. So while David was manning that job, I pulled out the push mower (tractor and riding lawn mower currently out of commission) and got to town on some of the taller areas of grass. It was the most perfect night and I could have walked that thing over our entire three acres, but my stomach was growling and the night was getting dark. David finished by the end of the night and it feels like a new beast :o) Not too shabby for his first drum brake job.