Day 94 May 19

I’ll start today’s post by sharing a comment by David. He was looking over my shoulder tonight while I was writing the blog and he said “Oh no… we can NOT get to 100 days!” Haha! I’m not sure what it is about 100 but he seems determined as ever to cross the finish line prior to 100 days. I just grinned and said, “Don’t get your hopes up” :o) Actually, David’s parents are coming into town this weekend which will be 100 days so I am hoping it all to be wrapped up by then. I know we’ll have touch ups here and there but I won’t count those. Once the sink, dishwasher, range and frig are working, I’m movin’ in!

Our morning went a little differently than planned. We intended on going to church, but instead we were in a hardware store until 1 o’clock! When we came home and looked at the clock we couldn’t believe it. It actually made sense because we had quite a few things to pick up, and when the first store didn’t have what we needed it led us to the other. All in all I think we got just about everything we needed, and the things we didn’t won’t hold us back from moving forward. When we were back I got to staining the trim with the new color we picked out and it’s looking promising. It still seems too light/yellow, but I’m hoping with the second/third coat it matches. This whole matching stains reminds me of my paint swatch debacles…fails!

While I was staining, David was working on connecting the water to the frig for our ice maker. In the hardware store he had picked up material for two possible solutions (we’ve learned it’s easier to return things than it is to have to go back in the middle of the project), and luckily one worked. After all that jazz, we secured the one frig panel into place and pushed the frig back where it will be staying for good. Yah buddy! About that time I was putting in a recessed outlet for the microwave cubbie so it has the capacity to sit further back. First attempt it was all put together but I forgot one thing. The outlet supplies the under cabinet lights, which are controlled by a switch, and then the microwave which will always be on. So to do that you need to break the copper between the two black wires. My bad. Not a big deal though, I just unscrewed, tore piece, put back together, and Vwalla! With that ready the microwave went in! The only appliance left to install is the range, eeeekkk!