More kitchen

When I was looking at windows, I asked myself "how much time can you possibly spend on windows?" Now, I'm asking the same question on kitchen design. I spent several hours on the design this morning and then went home to do some more work online (checking out sizes of appliances, cabinet options, clearance guidelines, etc). I met my friend Trish for lunch and then she came over to help me some more. We worked for about 2 1/2 hours.

The contractor rented a jackhammer, and one of the guys started working on the slab out back. Unfortunately, there is steel wire running through it, making the jackhammer much less useful. He thinks he needs a bobcat (a concrete breaking machine you can drive like a lawnmower). It's funny that in the areas where I wished the prior owners had slacked off, they did a great job. In the areas where I wished they had done things even minimally right they did nothing right. Oh well.

I set the trash out in the late afternoon for pickup tomorrow. After almost three months of throwing out the prior owners trash, we are down to just 5 bags and one box. I am seriously hoping to have this done in just two more trash days.