Vacation?

We are in Maine! It's foggy and wet out - and only about 61 degrees. BUT, we do have a kitchen - dish washer and all, and that is a break from the chaos that is my home.

Friday I came home to MEGA progress. Unbelievable - Dave had worked all by himself that day, and he had installed 7 cabinets - all of the range/peninsula wall. He had also installed the wood flooring all to where he needed it for the time being. WOW, you can really get a feeling for how it is going to look, and it's going to look great. I'm sorry I don't have any pictures, I uploaded them all to my home PC, and didn't keep copies on my camera, so there they be.

With the progress, we also had issue #4 (if you are keeping count, 1 was the heating pipe, 2 was the ceiling, and 3 is the faucet being backordered for 3-4 months). The over the microwave cabinet came in with a big style in the middle - it's supposed to be open (like a shelf). It's no big deal - they will replace it with the correct cabinet, but when I saw it installed, I panicked. I didn't know what to do - I knew I wouldn't be able to get a hold of Denise (nor could she do anything at ~7 PM on a Friday), so I called Dave - poor Dave after working so hard all day. As soon as I started talking to him, I realized that it would be ok, no problem, but I think the fact that he had installed it had me panicked because I thought we wouldn't be able to return it or something.

Denise already has the new cabinet ordered - it will take 2 weeks, but given that we have months to go before all the details are completed, I can live with that!

Yesterday I took the two doors from the glass-ready cabinet to the glass place for installation. They will call me when it is ready, but I am also expecting that to take two weeks.

I also spent the larger part of the day finishing packing for vacation, shopping, and unpacking. I think we got here later than we ever have - it was after 5 PM. Happy Hour :-) I was getting nervous yesterday, thinking that I won't be around for seeing the progress in the kitchen. I thought about getting a web cam for home so that Chuck could beam me pictures, but I didn't get around to it. Dave and I went over a bunch of questions, so I think we are good - and I'm going back on Thursday, so it's really only 3 days, but given the progress that they make and the "choices" that have been made and had to be corrected, I hope we don't run into issue #5 and 6, etc.

Ok, time to take a shower and do something on this wet, cold day.