810 Kitchen Remodel

Week 21

The kitchen progress slows to odds and ends until the countertops are installed. Joe is in charge of setting up the arrangements for this, at this point none have been made. Mysteriously, the installer has been unavailable to contact over the last week. I am not sure how anyone runs a business for profit if they are "unreachable". For those of you reading this at the Schott, please "remind" Joe of his kitchen obligations during the day, his "positive reinforcement reminders" at home don't seem to be sinking in.

A good experiment was tested this weekend, another 24 home alone period was tested. We all know how the last unsupervised weekend ended up, that's right the ER. I went back to Toledo for a bridal shower and a "quick" trip to the new IKEA in Canton, MI while Joe entertained a football crowd in Columbus. No visits to the ER were required this weekend.

You will notice that there are no appliances left in the dining room. The fridge was moved to the basement by Joe and JD before the football game. I think Joe scammed him by throwing a "gameday" party and forgot to mention "move appliance party" on the phone. The other big accomplishment throughout the week has been slowly integrating food back into the kitchen. We have a real live pantry that is housing the rations that came up from the basement. The rest of the cupboards have yet to be filled, everything has to be run through the dishwasher. As the kitchen chain reaction goes, no dishwasher until there is a sink, no sink until there is countertops, no countertops until Joe makes the arrangements. Also in this pic, you will notice the only remains left of our Favorite contractor, John. It is his Little Giant, one of his most prized possesions in the whole entire world, behind his ipod and Ed his cat. We have not seen John at the house for quite some time, the kitchen takes its toll on everyone, but we never thought on our favorite and most tool owning friend John.

posted by Missy and Joe @ 8:38 PM