Day 46 - Almost There!

I guess I need to rename my titles "Post 46" versus "Day."  I've definitely fallen off the posting-every-day wagon.  

But, alas, I have good reason!!

Besides a whirlwind trip to visit grandparents six hours away and the usual home maintenance things plus Tball and dance for Little Man and Little Miss respectively and trying to cook in our makeshift kitchen....Dear Husband has been working diligently on the kitchen.  I mean.....REALLY diligently. 

Here is where I've been cooking recently and an example of the methods I've resorted to:

Here is what the paint job and sanded floors look like.  We had our guy finish them over the long weekend so we came home to beautiful albeit smelly floors.  

And here is a teaser for the cabinets and appliances.  LOVE:

Remodeling teaches us many things.  It teaches us to be resourceful and challenges our patience...on many levels.  I'm always amazed at how messy it can be but what surprised me this go around was how smelly it was!  Paint fumes I expected but the floor finish plus the cabinet smell made us all nauseous the first night back.  Thus I've spent the last two nights washing sheets so we aren't breathing in the fumes all night long!  I'm sure our clothes will smell lovely for awhile....but I'll be darned if I'm washing all of those!!

I'll be sure to give the final reveal next week!  And I'll try to do better at posting this week. 

In the meantime, if you're bored, we still have trim to paint!

Cheers, 

Megs