Kitchen Redo

So finally I have kitchen pictures. They're not the best, as our new camera broke so we had to go back to the old one and I couldn't get the video's to upload.

In the before pictures, you can see the ugliness that was our kitchen. The color was all the same. The trim, the doors, the walls and the bead board, all the same color. This pukey, beigey, dirty color. It's really tough to describe, but those of you who saw it know what I'm talking about...

And here, you can see the ugly cabinets. Nothing fancy, just older, cheaper, off the shelf cabinets. Those wires sticking out of the wall are from the old hood fan. We got rid of it as it was older than me, and we need to put in the new one still...

So what we did (by we I mean mostly the wife) was paint the walls, the trim and cabinets. The cabinets and trim are white and the walls are basically a carolina/beachy blue. Perfect, no, but it's a kajillion times nicer...

We're going to change out the countertops too, as the ones there are just not a good look at all.


Lastly, we're going to add some more cabinets and counter space, almost like an island, up against the back wall. Once that's done we'll have just the tiny half bath next to the kitchen to do and we'll have tackled every single room in the house... holy crap hahaha

One Last Thought

When are these people going to learn. EVERYONE is getting screwed right now. Bipartisanship is going to get us NOWHERE! All these potshots he's taking at the Republicans are totally unnecessary. We all know our history. Yes, the past eight years were a mess, but gloating over it isn't going to make it any better. All it's going to do is piss off the other side even more thus making it even harder for the two sides to come together and get anything done. Yes I understand that we have the majority in Congress, so technically we really don't need the Republicans to be on board, but isn't it common sense... that working together just might bring out better ideas, that might actually begin to fix the mess that's out there right now?

It's like they're in high school or something. We won, nanny nanny boo boo! Stop with the gloating, roll up your sleeves and get to work. Bake some cupcakes (cuz really, who doesn't love cupcakes) and bring them to work tomorrow as a peace offering. Maybe some sugar free ones for all the diabetics in the House (get it, House...house.. c'mon puns are fun!)

And yes, I'm still really annoyed that Pelosi won't sit the heck down...

The Speech

Ok three observations:

First, remember when you were a kid at some sort of awards ceremony or graduation and the person running the ceremony would ask everyone to hold their applause until the end? Yeah, I think they need to do that with these presidential speeches. Every third sentence gets a standing ovation. C'mon people. If you do that for every point, the really important stuff doesn't stand out...

Second, don't you love when the camera spans the room during a standing o, only to show half the people not standing, but sitting with their arms folded across their chests like little kids as if to say "i'm not going to cheer and you can't make me!"

Third, which relates directly to the first two points, somebody needs to tell Pelosi to sit the eff down! The wife is convinced that she has a spring in her chair... up and down, up and down. Just sit your bony ass in the chair and listen to what the man has to say. Cheer at the end. As I type this, the following words just came out of the wife's mouth.."oh my god, i'm going to staple her ass to the chair!"

And one last thing. He can keep his $15 a week tax cut I'm getting, as long as I don't have to pay taxes come April 15th. I pay taxes all year, why do I have to pay more now? Stupid government...

Weekend Report

So before we get to the weekend, just a quick CONGRATULATIONS to Mike and Kim on the birth of their new daughter!!! Mom and daughter are both doing very well thankfully..

Now, this weekend we had some visitors. My cousin Cara and her husband Gary and the kids came up and boy did we have a great time. Everyone came over Friday night to hang out for a while, then Saturday we spent the entire day at my uncles. Snowmobiling, sledding, snow ball fights, all day outside. It was probably 30-35 degrees out, with not a cloud in the sky so it was beautiful. Enough talking, lets get to the pictures...

Ok here we have my laying the smack down on my cousin D. Problem is, he's getting bigger than me, and he's only 13. In six months, I'll have to start fighting dirty, which I'm obviously not above...

Here's D with my other cousin Jake feeding the horses...

D again, this time with Josie going for a snowmobiling ride...

And when she wasn't snowmobiling, she was sledding. Problem is, Josie is only three, so the wife and wife would pull her up and down the hill. I learned one thing from this excercise...I...am...out...of...shape. Seriously, sucking wind while sledding is not a good thing.

Great weekend all around though and now we're expecting 12+ inches of snow tonight. Just when you think winter is winding down, here comes Mother Nature throwing her might right back in our face...

Domination?

So I'm sitting here watching last weeks LOST, and during a commercial break I happen to flip to the local Maine station, where they're showing the high school basketball tournament games. Turns out, every team in Maine is full of 5'8" white kids. The games score very low, because there's no shot clock, so the smaller schools do nothing but hold onto the ball for minutes on end. I'm pretty sure I could have dominated in this format. As a matter of fact, I know it.

I bought a new game for my playstation karaoke... now I have Singstar Country, Singstar 90's and Singstar Rock. The game is giving me tons of false hope though, as it seems to think I'm a really good singer, which couldn't be further from the truth. Doesn't matter to me though, all I know is that I dominate the wife who apparently can't carry a tune in a bucket...

Next, I have to get Singstar 80s and there's oh so many more to get too...

Links And Then Some

First, part one of the great kitchen renovation is almost complete, so look for pics (before and after) to be posted later this week. And let me just say, it looks a kajillion times better than it did. Really couldn't have looked any worse though...

Second, I've become a huge fan of the MLB network. Great studio shows, very good analysts analyzing and they show a lot of great olden time games which I love.

The Sports Illustrated swim suit issue came out last week. Remember the days when that was actually a big deal? I remember being a kid and hoping I got home before my parents did to grab it when it came in the mail. Now? Not a whole lot of interest there. Thank you maturity and Maxim for taking the fun out of February...

Ok, links..
This guy was caught on the jumbotron at a Celtics game dancing. It's absolutely hysterical cuz he gets so into it. The best part is, watch his mom (i'm assuming it's his mom at least) at the beginning encourage him to get up and dance once she realizes he's on tv...

This one has been making the rounds lately. This lady absolutely freaks out when she misses her flight. Apparently she caught the next one three hours later though, so it really wasn't that big of a deal..

And finally, when choosing a best man... please choose wisely....

Weekend

Pretty quiet weekend for us. Friday night we tried a new restaurant (new to us, not to the world) and it was quite good. We've been meaning to go for a while now, but just haven't. We figured we'd skip the Valentines Day crowd and go out a night early..

Saturday we kicked the kitchen renovation into high gear. Instead of gutting it and starting from scratch, we thought we'd try going cosmetic first. We're painting everything, the walls, the bead board, the cabinets, and we're going to try to add some cabinets/counter tops too. I have pics, and I'll post them later this week when we finish all the painting so you can see the before and after. Those of you who have visited, know just how UGLY the kitchen was, so you'll appreciate it..

Our Valentines dinner consisted of the wife's favorite food, Domino's. Ok, maybe not her favorite, but in her top five comfort foods definitely.

More painting and snowmobilng (of course) rounded out Sunday... and now we get to sit back and watch the new season of The Amazing Race.. good times..

Hopefully this week will bring more exciting/interesting things to write about.