Joanie and I went to Newport this weekend and took our time getting down there. I got this awesome shot of Haystack Rock and little rocks.




I also got some cool critter shots.









Nice to just relax for a few days but I really need to find someone to drive us down. :-)

Sunset in Newport - I think GOD was visiting us that night.

Happy Anniversary

Joanie and I celebrated our 27th Anniversary last night at our favorite restaurant - Salty's at Alki. Had a great view of Seattle a wonderful meal.

She is truly a special person to have put up with me all these years :-)

Almost done with the kitchen but still no backsplash.

We took Danny and Nick to Vegas for Danny's 21st birthday. Gambled a little but not much - good thing

The boys seemed to enjoy Vegas as well as each other

OK, got the plumber out and he had to go about 25' into the pipe to unclog it so I am really glad I didn't decide to tackle this since my snake is about 10' long!!!
I reused the floor laminate since it was only a year or 2 old - went to Home Depot and bought the last 3 boxes when I ofund out that they just discontinued it, now I am scrambling trying to find the edge trim - I have 4 pieces but need 2 more. Darn it.

Also struggling with the back splash. Can't make up our minds - actually it's me - Joanie just wants it done. she is definitely not as fussy as I am. But if I am going to have to spend my time installing it, then darn-it I had better like it.

Check out Joanie at her new workstation - her cookbooks are in the bookshelf to her left - nice!!!!

OK, so here are the latest pictures in the kitchen remodel. Sink, faucet, hot water, dishwasher, disposer, etc went on-line on Friday and the cooktop went on-line today.
All is good - right. NOT!!!! The sink is plugged up now. I had to move the drain under the sink because SOMEONE didn't come back with the (No More than) 8" sink.They came back with a 9+" sink and I had to switch the drain pipe to the lower vent pipe. Geez, I hope it was actually a real drain otherwise there is a lot of ---- in that pipe. Joanie has been using the dishwasher, .... since Friday
Waaaaaaah!!

Kitchen Update

Well here is the latest picture - not a great one.

Counters are in and I finished the plumbing last night but I will probably go back in and replace the 1/8" line since I used old compression fittings and they want to weep. I had to really tighten them so I will replace with new which I should have done to begin with but spaced out.

New faucet and sink is awesome and I love the overall layout

Kitchen look bigger and the window looks huge

Almost done

OK, so here is a better picture (slightly) next to the old kitchen to show the most dramatic change to the kitchen. We removed the pantry on the left and moved the refrigerator into the middle of the kitchen wall. We get counters on March 3rd and should be operational by the end of the day on the 4th. Our total remodel time was slightly less than a month. We had some challenges (problems) but all-in-all a smooth remodel.