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Another Can of Worms

Well the painting is done. Time to get the rest of those cabinets out so we can....sscccrreeeech...stop everything...what about the plumbing.

I think this is ultimately why it felt right to do this project. We've been leaking behind the sink for some time (I could hear it...just not see it). Well we (thanks Robin for the help) found it.

I tried to just cap of the water pipes with valves since there weren't any but in the process I ended up pulling the hot water supply line apart (where the leak was). Didn't realize it however and when I turned the water, no water came out of the lines but the main water line kept running.

Well it created water damage to the carpet, ceiling and wall of the Ginger's room in the basement. It also kept Robin and I up past one. I'm gonna be trashed at work tomorrow.

I love life...it's full of fun...and I'm serious!!

Well the suspense is over. Here's the kitchen with new sheetrock in place and a first coat of mud.

Thanks Frank

Funny thing...the camera was lost for a week. Frank and Sara came over last night and by chance had their camera. Below are the pics. When we went to bed after they left I found the camera in it's little hiding spot. So the next post will show pics from what I actually did today. Can't ruin the suspense for you right now....right?

The changes to look for are

upper cabinets are missing

as well as the drop down boxes above them

nearly 250 feet of rewiring in the kitchen

new light fixture(s) (others coming soon)

the drop down from the old wall is now 3 inches shorter

Check it out

I'm Already Falling Behind...

Well it looks like we may be getting that IKEA kitchen I've always dreamed about. I spent the day using the IKEA Kitchen Designer to digitize our ideas. (Ginger just doesn't want me to get the kitchen finished.) The only thing I accomplished on the project was knocking out the post. Wow...what a difference one 4X4 post can make. See below ---

Look at them muscles...ggrrrhhh!!!

Oh so proud!

My little helper finished off my tape measure so I "had" to get me a new one.

The Race is On

The big question is -- Which will come first, baby #4 or a completely remodeled kitchen. Well, Ginger does have 8 months head start on me but with the progress I made this weekend, I bet ("hope" may be a better term) I'll be done at least a week before Jonah shows up. That gives me until the week of October 7 (Jonah due to come the 15).

Here are a few before and during pictures:

Finish writing in the week prior to coming Home!!!

I have to finish the week of Hawaii.

Monday:  Blogged in the morning, but will have to write in details later.

Tuesday:  busy getting us ready to pack (maybe more).  Jason spent the evening with Paul after work. Can't remember much!  Jason then met up with us for an evening swim at the pool.

Wednesday:  The kids and I took the bus at 8:45 a.m. to head toward Aiea (I think).  We stopped at the fabric store I have been waiting to visit.  I purchased some fun prints that I need to get busy working on.  We stopped at a few other shops.  Then walked to a park where Jason picked us up to take us to his Work Luncheon.  What a great experience that was!  We met up with about a dozen of his coworkers to an Italian restaurant (brain freeze).  We were given leis and Jason was rewarded with a koa wooden surfboard indicating his time working for DISA PAC.  It was so wonderful to experience that with him.  What an amazing experience we have all had and the opportunity!  Jason needs to write in the details of who presented him with what...but he received an Air Force pin and some other keepsakes from working there.  It was so great!

Afterwards, one last stop at the swap meet.  Yeah, we found the newly weds a gift!  A turtle carved out of wood with their last name and wedding date inscripted on the shell.

That night....Makaha beach one last time.  The waves were very disappointing.  The kids managed to find their own crab this time.  We'll miss it! 

Thursday:  Cleaning and packing.  I'll have to check my camera to see if we did anything else that day.

Friday:  Jason went surfing early morning, went into work for the last time to finish up some paper work, then came back home.  The kids had to manage themselves while I did the last of packing.  We then headed to Wet N'Wild till around 4 p.m.  We came back to the house/condo to find that the cleaning ladies didn't see my note or didn't read it cleary to see that I had washed all the linens.  They went ahead and changed it all, packed up the clean stuff, almost took our suits and towels out of the dryer, but thankfully Jason caught them in time.  

We then finished up the house and Ryan picked us up.  We went to Ige's for dinner.  Yummy stuff, but not a good number on the tummies.  Got to the airport and unloaded.  Curbside would have been nice, but because of agriculture inspection it doesn't exist.  Thank goodness we had Ryan to help as well as Jason to get me through the line.  The journey to get home was a nightmare (see complaint emails written to Hawaiian Air and Delta for details).  Not included on the email complaints was the terrible stomach ache I had, as well as throwing up the next day after having 1 hour of sleep.  

Exhaustion but thrilled to be home.  We got in the van at 3 p.m. to drive to Kmart and Arctic Circle for quick stops, to then head to Khloie's first birthday.  It was so great to be home to see family and friends again.

That night we were surprised with a fully decorated house, including a decorated van, and a stocked fridge.  What a blessing and memory to cherish.