Kitchen Disaster

Just a quick update on the kitchen - Nathan spent last night working on the "situation" and was able to pull up the tile (a little too easily) under where the dishwasher goes, and then we went to Lowe's to purchase a saw and he took off a little of the top board that was stopping progress. Then, after removing one of the legs on the front of the washer (used to level it) he was FINALLY able to fit it into the space. Of course it took him about 20 minutes to get it back out because it's so tight but we're keeping our fingers crossed that the installer guy will be able to hook everything up and make it fit right. Pictures to follow if/when that happens. :)

And if I can ever finish painting my craft table (which will take about 5 minutes) I will post pics of the guest room redo. I am really pleased w/how the room has turned out, especially w/the light fixture in there...kinda wish it was my room! One other project we have going is scraping and painting the Adirondack chair that was left here at the house when we moved in. We found a pretty color of red (that's pretty close to the color of our doors) in the "mis-tint" area of the paint section at Lowe's so for $1 we are refinishing this chair. Can't wait to show you how it turns out! Finally, the patio is pretty well done HOWEVER the yard around it is kind of a catastrophe so I'm putting off posting pics of that until maybe the fall so that we can get some things planted and it won't look quite so scary.

With that, I'm off to get ready for work. Hope everyone has a good Wednesday!

Health Care "Reform" Part II

So I'm sitting here watching the Early Show (mistake #1) and Harry Smith is talking with Arlen Specter about the town hall meetings that have been going on. Mr. Specter said that he has been impressed with how well prepared the opponents of government run healthcare have been...and then he said "there's no doubt those materials have been supplied to them" as if no one who opposes what (edited by me because I am trying REALLY hard to respect our President since he is our elected leader but understand that as an individual separate from that office, I have ZERO respect for him) Obama says is not intelligent enough to do their own research or print a copy of the pending legislation and read it. As someone who does not like the idea of having my healthcare chosen for me, and as someone who (I think) is considered fairly intelligent, this really offends me. Sorry for the political rant two days in a row. I'm just feeling helpless these days as I watch the country go down the toilet. And I fear that in the days to come, my voicing my opinion like this will become something that is not allowed.

As an aside, does anyone else find it amusing that the other anchors call a man who is mostly bald "Hair"?

Money Pit

Do you know what this is?

If you said "a hole NOT large enough for this dishwasher..."


...you would be correct. The above pictures are exactly what my kitchen looks like now. And some would say "why don't you just put the old one back in, it fit didn't it?" Well, that would be my answer except that the fine people from Lowe's HAULED IT OFF after finding that the new one wouldn't fit. And apparently the new dishwasher is standard size - meaning there isn't one out there (other than the one that just left our house) that will fit here. What that means is that either we have to somehow tear out the tile that's back in there and/or we have to modify the cabinets/countertops somehow and/or get all new countertops and/or cabinets. SERIOUSLY?!?!?! For crying out loud.

So, we are currently worse off than what we were in that we have no dishwasher (at least not a working one) AND we can't use the garbage disposal AND we had to relocate Kona's food and water bowls, and for those of you that know him, you'll recall that he likes change about as much as I do...here's what he thinks about the whole situation...



In other news, I took quite a fall on Saturday morning (WARNING: if you have a weak stomach, you might not want to see this). I got tangled up in my own feet (don't ask how because I don't know this time any more than I do any other time this happens). I fell over and hit my head on the corner of our house and then bounced into a pile of flagstone we have sitting on our patio and got this:

This is actually before it got worse. It's pretty much all solid black now. Really attractive. And in case you were scared about what body part that is, it's my back.

I promise, pics of the new and improved guest room coming soon. It'll be worth the wait (I hope). Now I'm off to soak in the tub and see if that will take away some of the aches and pains from the fall...getting old is not fun.

Ugh.

Apologies to anyone who came here looking for entertainment. Tonight isn't the night. I'm feeling very down this evening. I'm having one of those weeks where there is just a lot of "yuck" in the world and it's overwhelming. I'm dealing with some issues personally that I'm just not sure how to deal with. I thought I was finished with it but I'm apparently not. I thought I had forgiven someone but I still have weird/angry/frustrated feelings toward them and I really don't know what to do.

Then there's all the other yuckiness that's going on that isn't necessarily directly impacting me but it's impacting people I know, or even people I don't. In the past week I've learned of two little girls, Tatum and Kate, (you can read about them here and here) who are fighting cancer. It's eerie how similar the situations are - how the parents in both situations are expressing the same emotions, how they both know that nothing will ever be the same in their lives again. And one of the moms has said how all she can think sometimes is "come Lord Jesus".

I know we're supposed to want that all the time but sometimes (or most times if I'm honest) I have my own agenda of things I want to do before that time comes. I want to have kids of my own, I want to grow old with my husband, the list goes on...for some reason I can't get it through my thick head that Heaven is like a gazillion times better than this place here...or any place on earth I might ever be. This week though, I'm wishing for it a little more. And then that makes me wonder, am I really ready? Should my "list" include more things like "forgive that person over and over and over and keep on forgiving them until Jesus comes back", "have a better attitude about teaching five 2-4 year old boys on Wed. nights because I may be the only person in their lives that shows them Jesus?", and "give more to others instead of worrying about what/how much I have?". Of course it should, but it's so hard. I'm very selfish (which I'm sure is why I'm still hanging on to that hurt I thought I let go of).

I feel like this doesn't make much sense but I feel SLIGHTLY better having gotten it out. Now I'm going to sign off of here before the lightning zaps the computer.

One of my pet peeves...

I just found this article and I couldn't agree more. I know that not everyone (and that includes me) is an expert in grammar and sentence structure. However, apostrophes are fairly easy to learn the rules for. I constantly see signs where every word that ends in an "s" has an apostrophe before the "s"! If you're just an everyday Joe writing on your blog or sending an e-mail to an acquaintance it's one thing. HOWEVER...(you knew that was coming didn't you!) when I see signs in public places that overuse the apostrophe it makes me cringe!

Thank you Mrs. Weiner for teaching me the correct way to use the apostrophe!

While we're talking about pet peeves, here's another: someone walking up to the elevator that you're waiting at (or getting on the elevator you're already on) and pushing a button that is CLEARLY LIT meaning it has ALREADY BEEN PUSHED! Really? Does that light mean something different than I thought it did? Does pushing it multiple times make the elevators come faster? I'm so confused!

On that note, I'm stinky from my run so I'm going to hit the showers. Stay tuned for a crafting/food post to follow soon! There will be pictures!