We worked all day on the kitchen, starting out with the island.
Marking out where the water lines, etc. will go
"X" marks the spot!
The big drill is used for this job
Dan cut a 'panel' out so he could fish all the lines up easier....and look at the beautiful old flooring we found beneath the sub-floor!
All the lines up through the panel and the panel put back in place.
Sink base over the panel
Then we tore up a patch in the corner of the kitchen that had been done incorrectly. There were a couple different types of material there....sub-floor, thin set, "who-knows-what-all".
We also cut a hole in the floor for the vent to be installed. (where I'll be planting my feet on cold winter mornings, 'don't ya know'!?
One cabinet needed a little repair
We had to purchase two small cabinets to fill in one spot. Yep, that was a trip to Menard's!
Don't worry, it wasn't such a good deal we got it without the door! Dan removed the door to work on it. It was put back on later.
We permanently affixed all cabinet bases to the wall and to each other....not a 5 minute project! I didn't take many pictures during this phase.
Then we started on the countertop base. While at Menard's getting the base cabinets we needed we also got the "CDX plywood".
Here it is going in in pieces.
It wasn't dark out yet at that point, so we went ahead and installed all the doors and drawers on the lower cabinets.
Ok, that was the productive, long and busy. You have to hear the funny now.
Well, this isn't funny to Dan yet, but I promise you, it will be!
We were at Menard's getting the cabinets, plywood and stuff. He had driven the van up to the front of the store to load the 4x8 sheets of plywood. He pulled the first one off the cart in such a way that I could not help him. So, I was standing there waiting for him to let me help when he pulled it off the cart, stopped to change his grip, and his hand slipped up and off the top of the board. When he did so, it happened so fast he looked first at his finger thinking he had broken a nail. Just as quickly, he held his nose. His hand had slipped so hard and fast it caught him in the nose! He was holding it and said, "I broke my nose!"
I waited to see blood start dripping. None came. He kept holding it, wiping it, then tested it to see if he could move it. Of course, he could....then he immediately moved to the other side of the board and wanted me to help him load it. I told him to wait a minute and let it quit hurting some, and asked if he could see ok. "No", he didn't think so. So we stood there a minute, maybe and finished loading the purchase. He said it hurt a little the rest of the day, but it was NOT broken.
Then, tonight, after we had done all the work, we ran up to Wal-Mart to pay a bill and grab some food. I hate eating after 7pm and it was more like 9pm by the time we left the house. We got our stuff and he went out to get the car. I told him what lane I would go to and what door I would exit. I paid, started out to the car and just as I was getting my stuff out of the cart to go outside, I realized I had left one bag of stuff at the register. I went back and the cashier was walking towards me with it in her hand!
So, I get outside and look around....no car, no Dan. I looked around to see where we had parked but couldn't find the car. So, I'm walking, walking....looking around, looking.....no car, no Dan. Then I heard a horn honk. It was in the direction we had parked, so I headed that way, but still couldn't see it. I thought maybe it was behind a bigger vehicle....kept walking....looking....FINALLY, I see our car coming from the END OF THE BUILDING. He had driven to the last door thinking I would come out there and he'd be ready for me. Instead when he looked up he saw me wandering around the parking lot! We had a good laugh when I finally got in the car!
Well, that wraps up another day at the Conklin's.
I'm so close to having a kitchen again, I can't stand it.
Cooking isn't my favorite thing, but I am so looking forward to being able to cook in my own kitchen again! Sandwiches are getting really boring about now.
And baking, this time of year I love to bake. I'll thoroughly enjoy that when I can do it again!
See laughing already!
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