Monday, June 2, 2008

Handy Man

Mark and I have lived in this house for a few years now and we thought it was about time we decided on some fixer-upper projects.  

Our kitchen has been lit by one single solitary 75 watt light bulb the entire time we've lived here.  There was some under cabinet lighting, but only one worked.  Yesterday that all changed.  We now have 5 light fixtures PLUS I installed all new under cabinet lighting.    The down side to this is now we can see how dingy and pitiful our kitchen is, and we are depressed about it's ugliness.  So, now we're thinking about remodeling.  Limited remodeling.  We're considering taking out the wall that separates the kitchen from the living room and replacing it with a breakfast bar, and putting in new counter tops, probably Silestone but possibly just formica.  However, this would mean moving the dish washer to a new place, which in turn means re-routing some plumbing.... to me this sounds expensive, so we'll see if we actually do any of it.

Mark has become an HGTV addict.  Last night before going to sleep he told me that he feels he needs to stop watching all the house shows because he's getting too many ideas that we can't afford.  We'll see how that goes.

Memorial Day Weekend - Late

I know it's take me a week to get to this, but...

My little brother Darren and his wife Nicole came for a Birthday - Anniversary - Memorial Day weekend visit.  It's always nice to have family in town.  Mark and I don't normally do much socializing, so it was a welcome change to get out of the house.

 I have included some pictures from a trip to the pool.





Horseing around with uncle Jack














L-R
Mark, Mother Boarnet, Meme, Jody













Swim Time














Alex was trying to follow instructions from Jack to learn to swim.