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Many, many years past their prime, our old couch and chair have finally gone on to the great living room in the sky.

Here are the new ones (yay!):

Counters!

Progress

Well, we finally have something to show for ourselves.

We spent the weekend sanding, tacking, and painting, over and over and over again. It's enough to drive a person to claim the painting territory directly next to the liquor cabinet so she can spend the tedious hours contemplating which bottle would put her out of her misery fastest.


(Well, hello painter's little helper, waiting so patiently on the bottom shelf!)



We are now finished with Leg #1 of the cabinet painting journey. The frames of the upper cabinets are done. We left the sunflower yellow on the back wall of the cabinets because it made us happy.


Tomorrow the counters will be installed!

As Soon As It Hits 40 Degrees...

...all of the crazies come out.

They sweep the melted-snow lake off our driveway and they get down to a mean game of Dads Against Kids. They play until it's too dark to see, then come inside and complain about how hot it is out there.