Perhaps it is the spring sunshine energizing everyone, or possibly the offer of birthday cake, but regardless, we were so thankful for all the helpers that stopped by to lend a hand this weekend. It was the first time that we could see real progress being made. We had a partial Kraft clan, Tomczyk family, Dad Kenny, Dad Brace, brother Jason, sister Meegan and kids and others that I am sure I have left off.... but thanks to all!
How many times during this project have I been reminded that nothing is as easy as it seems? Take this weekends kitchen install for example. Seems fairly simple, but add a big unlevel hump in the middle of the floor and a roughly knocked out wall that we don't know how to refinish...and there end up being a lot of stumbling blocks. A combination of about 6 minds were finally able to level the lower cabinets after 6 hours of frustration. While that was being attended to, there were an army of helpers battling the fish wall paper in the bathroom, and yet more who were trying to clear out the construction rubble, dust and such so that we can continue onto the next step in the bedrooms. Several large holes were drywall patched....only later to find out that the drywall was the wrong thickness and no amount of magical mudding would fix the problem. Not a big deal in the land of positive thinking... we now have 1/2 inch drywall on our Home Depot list.
The Collick family joined us again Sunday to tackle the floor project (check out our progress). My brother Jason was on hand to try and tackle the cuts when needed ... somehow the manufactored cut and our cuts wouldn't match up and only Jason seemed to have the magic in fixing this stumbling block. The whole wood floor idea began a few years ago when Uncle John suggested having the black walnut milled... and we are so glad that we did. The black walnut really makes the floor!
And finally, we have to wish Mataya a happy birthday- our spunky little girl who is now 5!
Looking good!~
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