Slacker. That is the word that comes to mind when I look at this blog, our blog~the blog that is supposed to chronicle our lives. I have really slacked. Ok, so we have been up to an absolute TON over the past month and a half. Here we go...
We went and saw the Trans-Siberian Orchestra in Portland at the beginning of November. The beginning was a christmas type story and Nick and I looked at each other and kind of wondered whether we had made a wrong choice since we had been between going to Metallica or this show. Once the Christmas story was over, they did a concert with pyrotechnics, lights and everything. It was really great and we were glad we went.
We flew to New York and Pennsylvania from the 12th through the 16th of November. We flew on a red-eye flight to New York City on the 12th and walked around the city all day and managed to see an absolute ton. It sounds cliche, but the city was HUGE and there was so much to see! We stayed in Times Square, ate at a theatre district italian restaurant, saw the financial district and saw the major police shut-down for President Bush’s address at the Metropolitan Museum. We went to FAO Schwartz, the MAC store, Central Park, Rockafeller Center, went high fashion on fifth avenue, and took Nick for his first ride on a Subway-he was a pro.
We went back to the Newark airport and rented a stylin Kia McTiny and drove down to Lewisberg, PA. We watched Heidi win 2 games, played a killer game of scrabble, saw her amazing beer pong table (see picture), got rained on by a MONSOON (we were wet for weeks, in fact, it may still be coming out my ears), we loved seeing Heidi! After fighting with the McMeanie on the other end of the telephone at Continental Airlines in order to skip our short flight from Philly to Newark and just take the direct flight from Newark to Portland, I won and McWeasel at Continental lost (take that airline Nazi, I win-one point me, zero points you), we made it back to Portland.
For Thanksgiving, we went down to Eugene and spent time with my family, ate Turkey and then slept. The next day, we had a funeral to go to for my Uncle Quentin, who lost his battle with cancer. On Saturday, we went to Joni’s (Nick’s mom) boyfriend Steve’s house for round 2 of Thanksgiving.
Ok, the house. We have finished painting the kitchen, have the stove in, have couches and chairs in the living room and family room (we got great deals-we got natuzzi leather couches from Craigslist for the family room and microsuede for the living room) and are moving towards getting paint colors figured out for the living room and the hallway. Items left to do include the paint as mentioned, trim, backsplash in kitchen, bar stools, wall art (to come later) and...um...let me ask Nick...ah yes, electrical stuff in the kitchen.
Wow-lots of stuff to update on. We are now in McCall for an awesome vacation! Score! It snowed as we were leaving Eugene-after a long drive (11 hours rather than the normal 8~it was 0 degrees on Santiam!), we made it! It has been COLD here. It is so cold that the windows have frost on the inside! Never fear though, Nick and I are winter pro’s! Both of us LOVE winter. We snowshoed and snowboarded today! Hurray~it was awesome!
Finally, most important of all for this post...Nick and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary on the 15th of December. A year, a whole year! The year went so fast and it has been an amazingly great year (I know, mushy mushy cut it out Kenzie) but really, Nick and I really do work very well together as a couple and it has been really fun to learn and grow with the greatest guy in the world. So here’s to a lifetime of more amazingness. Oh my, I sound like such a goof- :)
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Monday, November 3, 2008
Weekend- 11.01.08
Nick Here-
We had a pretty productive weekend. We started things off going to a halloween party, which was pretty extravagant. I'll let kenzie post pictures for that if she wants to. Saturday I dug out for our new gas line that we are running. Basically with the gas stove and insert that we are adding we had to run a bigger service. We fused the pipe together with our fusion machine, and then laid it in the trench Sunday. The gas guy did everything inside, so now all he has to do is hook everything up. After we got that done on Saturday, I did some more clearing with the 135 out in the back. It is amazing how overgrown everything was, and how someone could let that much property become unusable. We will have to find some before and after pictures to show the comparison, but it is a huge transformation so far.
With the gas line run outside, all that is left is to hook everything up!
Here is a different angle. The fence is in disrepair, and needs some work. The blackberries had overgrown so much the weight of them stripped the barbed wire off of the posts and laid it down on the ground.
Here is looking back towards the back of the property. Where my work truck is sitting was completely covered in berries before. It was tough to back a trailer down between the blackberries and the chain link fence previously.
We had a pretty productive weekend. We started things off going to a halloween party, which was pretty extravagant. I'll let kenzie post pictures for that if she wants to. Saturday I dug out for our new gas line that we are running. Basically with the gas stove and insert that we are adding we had to run a bigger service. We fused the pipe together with our fusion machine, and then laid it in the trench Sunday. The gas guy did everything inside, so now all he has to do is hook everything up. After we got that done on Saturday, I did some more clearing with the 135 out in the back. It is amazing how overgrown everything was, and how someone could let that much property become unusable. We will have to find some before and after pictures to show the comparison, but it is a huge transformation so far.
With the gas line run outside, all that is left is to hook everything up!
We have a storm outlet in the back and a ditch to drain the water away- all of which was covered with blackberries. After I cleaned it out, I built a rock wall with all the random rocks laying around our property.
Here is a different angle. The fence is in disrepair, and needs some work. The blackberries had overgrown so much the weight of them stripped the barbed wire off of the posts and laid it down on the ground.
Here is looking back towards the back of the property. Where my work truck is sitting was completely covered in berries before. It was tough to back a trailer down between the blackberries and the chain link fence previously.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Nick's Birthday
I have pictures to post, but of course, they are on Nick's camera that he takes to Ontario with him every week.
Nick's birthday was last Saturday (the 25th) and he turned the big 2 6. I cannot believe how time files. I was joking around with him that he is now in his mid to late twenties since he is past the halfway mark. Then I started to think about things. We have been out of high school for 7.5 years. We have both been done with our first batchelor degrees for (me 3.5 years) and nick 2.5 years. I don't know if I like how fast time starts to go by once you are out of school and in the real world.
Anyway, Nick had a great birthday. We went down to Coos Bay with his dad and the rest of his family for an 80th birthday party for his grandma Lois. After the birthday, we stayed down in Coose Bay for the night and made a visit to the casino, where, despite never gambling (much) we won $600. For his birthday, Nick got a pair of Denali north face fleece gloves and a lafuma chair (from me), a Nintendo Wii (from his mom) and a tool set (from his dad). Additionally, he got a gift certificate to GI Joes (from Linda and Ashley). Pretty successful if you ask me!
Nick's birthday was last Saturday (the 25th) and he turned the big 2 6. I cannot believe how time files. I was joking around with him that he is now in his mid to late twenties since he is past the halfway mark. Then I started to think about things. We have been out of high school for 7.5 years. We have both been done with our first batchelor degrees for (me 3.5 years) and nick 2.5 years. I don't know if I like how fast time starts to go by once you are out of school and in the real world.
Anyway, Nick had a great birthday. We went down to Coos Bay with his dad and the rest of his family for an 80th birthday party for his grandma Lois. After the birthday, we stayed down in Coose Bay for the night and made a visit to the casino, where, despite never gambling (much) we won $600. For his birthday, Nick got a pair of Denali north face fleece gloves and a lafuma chair (from me), a Nintendo Wii (from his mom) and a tool set (from his dad). Additionally, he got a gift certificate to GI Joes (from Linda and Ashley). Pretty successful if you ask me!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
The October Tan
It is a hard thing being married to a Greek. Greeks are blessed with flawless skin, a georgeous tan ALL year round, thick dark hair, beatiful long eyelashes etc. It makes it more difficult when the Greek is a guy since they could care less about these things. Ugh. So, as a result, any picture that is taken of Nick and I shows Nick all tan and stuff~and then me, all pasty...magnified by the fact that he is tan, which doesn't help the situation! So...I went tanning. Ok, I went tanning and then got talked into a spray tan. I am going to go back to work and have to be like, yea, flew to Hawaii last night, tanned in the dark, flew back! WHAT WAS I THINKING!!! It is October and I have a new TAN! This is like, really emberassing since I am not really one to do this kind of thing much less in a way that makes it SO obvious that I spray tanned. Ugh. Let me say it again. Ugh. It seemed like a good idea at the time though.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
This picture was stolen
Thank you to Matt and Missie who are actually good at documenting life with pictures. I stole this from their blog to prove that yes, we are crazy and ate pizza at Sy's at 1am after the duck game.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
McCall Vacation
Nick Here-
Just an update from the mid way point in our week in McCall. We have only confirmed every reason we have as to why we want to move up here. Weather has been perfect, town isn't too busy, and overall life here is great. Both of us have the same sentiments about moving here- the sooner the better. It is probably a few years out, but it will be great whenever it does finally happen. So far we have worked on the place quite a bit. We were running low on wood for the winter so I went out to the ranch and my cousin Gus loaded our trailer up for me with a load of wood. I sawed it all up in to 16" pieces back at the cabin and then Kenzie and I split wood for two days. My back hasn't had that good of a workout in a long time. After splitting we stacked wood for about 5 hours. But at least we are stocked for the winter. We actually ran out of room to stack where we normally do, so we had to create an overflow area.
Just an update from the mid way point in our week in McCall. We have only confirmed every reason we have as to why we want to move up here. Weather has been perfect, town isn't too busy, and overall life here is great. Both of us have the same sentiments about moving here- the sooner the better. It is probably a few years out, but it will be great whenever it does finally happen. So far we have worked on the place quite a bit. We were running low on wood for the winter so I went out to the ranch and my cousin Gus loaded our trailer up for me with a load of wood. I sawed it all up in to 16" pieces back at the cabin and then Kenzie and I split wood for two days. My back hasn't had that good of a workout in a long time. After splitting we stacked wood for about 5 hours. But at least we are stocked for the winter. We actually ran out of room to stack where we normally do, so we had to create an overflow area.
After that was done we got a mini on demo from the local Cesco dealer. They brought us out a hitachi 50 size mini excavator. We acquired some 36" culvert pipe and proceeded to install a 36" culvert where there was a ditch previously. This allowed us to fill it in to make a circular driveway so we can get in and out much easier with trailers, as well as not having to back in to the snow banks during the winter. All in all, a good project. Kenzie even got in on the action!
Anyway, here are a few pictures. That is all from Idaho!
Chainsaw massacre....
F'ing tired. But thats the life of a lumberjack.
Clearing
Ahh shit look out!
Lay the pipe
More pipe.
Backfill.....
New Driveway!
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Back in Eugene
Nick, Showing how pictures should be taken at historic Hayward Field
Running like a Hayward Field Champion! HA!
Hayward field!
Duck Game!Thursday, September 4, 2008
Inverted Thermal Pipe fusion process (Welding upside down)
So Mckenzie has been on me to post on here for a while, and I had a little bit of time this evening- so I figured it was a good time to put up my first post. I don't have much that has gone on in the last few months besides work, so here goes-
So, part of what I enjoy about my job is the fact that we basically have free reign to be as inventive as we need to be to make things productive and efficient.
The Predicament in this job was that we had many different areas that required us to haul in 24" ameron pipe that was 40 ft. in length. We couldn't carry it sideways with a loader, and there was NO way we could have pulled it in with a tractor trailer so how would we transport an 11,000lb. piece of pipe? What to do in this situation? I introduce to you, the pipe buggy. (Not sold in stores). I am thinking of starting a company- "Custom Hauling and Transport". ha.
And what job would be complete without a goat? This is Buttercup- named so because this goat is indeed a head-butter. She will whack you in the shins, and drop you in the back of the knees if you aren't paying attention. Really pretty sweet if you pet her though. Liked to beat on the pipe a bit and eat the plastic covers off the end of it. Oh well...
That is all from Newport tonight. Out.
This is what happens when the crew doesn't dig you a big enough bell hole to weld all the way around the pipe. It isn't too bad, but it isn't comfortable by any means. (yes those are my feet). Oh and we are laying up a 40% slope, which is about a 45 degree slope. To give you perspective the wire feed (LN-25) is sitting level.
So, part of what I enjoy about my job is the fact that we basically have free reign to be as inventive as we need to be to make things productive and efficient.
The Predicament in this job was that we had many different areas that required us to haul in 24" ameron pipe that was 40 ft. in length. We couldn't carry it sideways with a loader, and there was NO way we could have pulled it in with a tractor trailer so how would we transport an 11,000lb. piece of pipe? What to do in this situation? I introduce to you, the pipe buggy. (Not sold in stores). I am thinking of starting a company- "Custom Hauling and Transport". ha.
And what job would be complete without a goat? This is Buttercup- named so because this goat is indeed a head-butter. She will whack you in the shins, and drop you in the back of the knees if you aren't paying attention. Really pretty sweet if you pet her though. Liked to beat on the pipe a bit and eat the plastic covers off the end of it. Oh well...
That is all from Newport tonight. Out.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Clarificatin
Not that I need to clarify-but in case you don't know Nick and I well, I am the one that needed convincing to get a TV. Some background:
I grew up with lots of TV's around. My dad owned a business that sold-ok, I will go back into some history. Back in the day, my great grandfather ran and owned the first gas station in Eugene, Oregon located on the corner of 6th and Blair Blvd. He ran the gas station for years, until just before he passed away. (I vaguely remember seeing him when I was really little, maybe 2? so that would have been 1984/1985 that he died). Sometime before he passed away, it was determined that someone should take over the business-this was before my sister came along (1982) and later, me (1983)-my parents were in the PeaceCorps in Oman. When they came back, they really didn't have an action plan, so my dad decided to take over the business. Lets see-they were married in 1977-went to Oman for two years - 1978/1979 came back and took over the business. (I hope they will correct me if I am wrong).
In addition to selling gasoline, my dad began to sell used books and records. My dad has collected and been passionate about two things music and baseball (cards). It seemed fitting that he would sell records. Sometime during elementary school (for me), the gasoline portion of the business became a money losing venture so my parents shut that portion of the business down. (Insert my side-rant here-gasoline, like many other items, is discounted the more bulk you buy. Large companies such as Texaco and BP were able to buy in mass volume and therefore, received better pricing, which in turn drives the small, mom and pop places out since people want to pay as little as possible for goods. I do not bring up my views on larg corporate places such as WalMart up on my blog, but I will make an exception here. I, on a personal level, refuse to shop at places that make it a point to drive small family owned businesses out for the purpose of making money and selling cheap junk. I watched my dad struggle to make a family owned business with unique/hard to find and good quality goods flounder at the hand of large corporate companies-read WalMart etc. As a matter of principle, I refuse to support them with my dollars). Once the gasoline was shut down, movies were added.
At our house, we had many movies-but never cable TV. I remember as a kid, at my house, I mostly played outide. When I would go to friends houses who had cable, I would be glued to the TV, even if nothing was on, simply because cable was so special. I found, in my very young adult life, I would waste hours and hours watching nothing on Cable, simply because it was there. So, when Nick and I bought our house in February, I insisted that we not get cable. Since not having a TV or cable at all, I find that I get so much done! I loved it. However, I agree that in the times that Nick and I wanted to watch a movie, it was difficult on the laptop. And so, after living with no TV for 7 months, we did get one, but still, no cable. Nick agrees, we don't need the expense or the distraction. =)
So there you go-some history and clarification.
I grew up with lots of TV's around. My dad owned a business that sold-ok, I will go back into some history. Back in the day, my great grandfather ran and owned the first gas station in Eugene, Oregon located on the corner of 6th and Blair Blvd. He ran the gas station for years, until just before he passed away. (I vaguely remember seeing him when I was really little, maybe 2? so that would have been 1984/1985 that he died). Sometime before he passed away, it was determined that someone should take over the business-this was before my sister came along (1982) and later, me (1983)-my parents were in the PeaceCorps in Oman. When they came back, they really didn't have an action plan, so my dad decided to take over the business. Lets see-they were married in 1977-went to Oman for two years - 1978/1979 came back and took over the business. (I hope they will correct me if I am wrong).
In addition to selling gasoline, my dad began to sell used books and records. My dad has collected and been passionate about two things music and baseball (cards). It seemed fitting that he would sell records. Sometime during elementary school (for me), the gasoline portion of the business became a money losing venture so my parents shut that portion of the business down. (Insert my side-rant here-gasoline, like many other items, is discounted the more bulk you buy. Large companies such as Texaco and BP were able to buy in mass volume and therefore, received better pricing, which in turn drives the small, mom and pop places out since people want to pay as little as possible for goods. I do not bring up my views on larg corporate places such as WalMart up on my blog, but I will make an exception here. I, on a personal level, refuse to shop at places that make it a point to drive small family owned businesses out for the purpose of making money and selling cheap junk. I watched my dad struggle to make a family owned business with unique/hard to find and good quality goods flounder at the hand of large corporate companies-read WalMart etc. As a matter of principle, I refuse to support them with my dollars). Once the gasoline was shut down, movies were added.
At our house, we had many movies-but never cable TV. I remember as a kid, at my house, I mostly played outide. When I would go to friends houses who had cable, I would be glued to the TV, even if nothing was on, simply because cable was so special. I found, in my very young adult life, I would waste hours and hours watching nothing on Cable, simply because it was there. So, when Nick and I bought our house in February, I insisted that we not get cable. Since not having a TV or cable at all, I find that I get so much done! I loved it. However, I agree that in the times that Nick and I wanted to watch a movie, it was difficult on the laptop. And so, after living with no TV for 7 months, we did get one, but still, no cable. Nick agrees, we don't need the expense or the distraction. =)
So there you go-some history and clarification.
Weekend together
Three whole days together-did I really just write that?!? Nick and I got to spend three whole days together! It seems strange to write that-we spend so much time apart that I am just not used to saying that we spend more than one night together.
I should go back a few days and update on what we have been up to. On Wednesday (or maybe it was Tuesday?) night of last week, Nicks grandma Lois was up in Portland to have a cancer screen. She has had cancer for around 5 years and has been doing very well with it. She came up to Portland to meet with the cancer doctor to determine the best treatment-she is having more trouble breathing and her lungs keep filling up-so something needs to be done. Joni (nicks mom) brought Lois and Bob (Nick's grandma's husband) up to Portland. Nick drove up from Toledo, Oregon to have dinner with Bob, Lois, Joni and Steve (Joni's boyfriend) at Steve's house, which he cooked and was AWESOME. We had Salmon and rice and broccoli (my favorite) and something else but I can't remember. When dinner was finished, Steve brought out like 5 desserts from Claim Jumper. Wow. Lois looked really good and it was great to see everyone.
Nick had to drive back to Toledo the next morning-but he came back on Friday!
We stayed at home for the weekend. On Saturday, we slept in and then got up and did some things around the house. I had a CPA exam on Saturday which I thought was at 2pm but turned out to be at 4. I went and did that and Nick went to Costco and brought us into the 21st century. Yes, we now own a TV. We made a compromise. We have a TV but we are not allowed to get Cable TV. So, we now have a 42" Plasma 1080 TV in our bedroom. We watched four movies over the weekend as we went to bed- all three Bourne movies (which we could watch over and over) and 21. We also went up to Parrott Mountain and saw the street of dreams. I will post pictures when I get them off Nick's camera-he went back to Toledo with it. We missed the Duck game, but they won!
On Sunday, we had breakfast with George (Nick's dad) and then we went and looked at paint colors. We tried to go shopping, but we forgot that stores close at 6pm on Sunday-shows how much we shop! We looked at some furniture at Macy's but didn't really find much that we wanted for the prices they had. Oh well! The floors are getting finished up on Thursday, so we will officially be able to bring in some furniture! Hurray!!!
Monday, we cleaned the gutters, hung out, went to California Pizza Kitchen, and spent time together. It was so nice to just lie in our very comfortable bed together and just giggle, chat and be together. It is seldom that we get to do this. It is funny how so many people need vacations from their significant other, or take them for granted-get annoyed with them etc. Nick and I get to spend so little time together that it is nice to just be together, and do nothing but "pillow talk" all day. No-"pillow talk" is not meant to be dirty-it is the time you spend in the covers, sunk into your ultra comfy bed just talking, laughing, spending time together. =)
The weekend was great! Only 1.5 weeks to vacation in McCall! Countdown begin!
I should go back a few days and update on what we have been up to. On Wednesday (or maybe it was Tuesday?) night of last week, Nicks grandma Lois was up in Portland to have a cancer screen. She has had cancer for around 5 years and has been doing very well with it. She came up to Portland to meet with the cancer doctor to determine the best treatment-she is having more trouble breathing and her lungs keep filling up-so something needs to be done. Joni (nicks mom) brought Lois and Bob (Nick's grandma's husband) up to Portland. Nick drove up from Toledo, Oregon to have dinner with Bob, Lois, Joni and Steve (Joni's boyfriend) at Steve's house, which he cooked and was AWESOME. We had Salmon and rice and broccoli (my favorite) and something else but I can't remember. When dinner was finished, Steve brought out like 5 desserts from Claim Jumper. Wow. Lois looked really good and it was great to see everyone.
Nick had to drive back to Toledo the next morning-but he came back on Friday!
We stayed at home for the weekend. On Saturday, we slept in and then got up and did some things around the house. I had a CPA exam on Saturday which I thought was at 2pm but turned out to be at 4. I went and did that and Nick went to Costco and brought us into the 21st century. Yes, we now own a TV. We made a compromise. We have a TV but we are not allowed to get Cable TV. So, we now have a 42" Plasma 1080 TV in our bedroom. We watched four movies over the weekend as we went to bed- all three Bourne movies (which we could watch over and over) and 21. We also went up to Parrott Mountain and saw the street of dreams. I will post pictures when I get them off Nick's camera-he went back to Toledo with it. We missed the Duck game, but they won!
On Sunday, we had breakfast with George (Nick's dad) and then we went and looked at paint colors. We tried to go shopping, but we forgot that stores close at 6pm on Sunday-shows how much we shop! We looked at some furniture at Macy's but didn't really find much that we wanted for the prices they had. Oh well! The floors are getting finished up on Thursday, so we will officially be able to bring in some furniture! Hurray!!!
Monday, we cleaned the gutters, hung out, went to California Pizza Kitchen, and spent time together. It was so nice to just lie in our very comfortable bed together and just giggle, chat and be together. It is seldom that we get to do this. It is funny how so many people need vacations from their significant other, or take them for granted-get annoyed with them etc. Nick and I get to spend so little time together that it is nice to just be together, and do nothing but "pillow talk" all day. No-"pillow talk" is not meant to be dirty-it is the time you spend in the covers, sunk into your ultra comfy bed just talking, laughing, spending time together. =)
The weekend was great! Only 1.5 weeks to vacation in McCall! Countdown begin!
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Hood to Coast Pics
Back-Hiroshi, Eric, Geoff, Lindsey, Melissa, Shelly, Chad, Me, LukeFront-Tracy, Lindsey, Sarah
The first hand off to Chad.
Van 1, decorated
Van 2, decorated
We did it!Monday, August 25, 2008
Mind over Matter
Have you ever heard someone tell you, "it's just mind over matter?" This phrase is very true-which I found out over the weekend. It is amazing that your mind can tell your body to do something, and your body will obey. The stronger the message is, the more you can do-beyond all expectation.
Our hood to coast team finished in 31 hours-which, while not the fastest in the world (the fastest team finished in 15 hours) was pretty darn okay. My first leg was HOT! It was at 4pm, up and down hills, and I admit, I walked-twice. Once van 2 was done with the first legs, we went back to Luke and Sarah's condo in Portland. I was unable to choke down the pizza that we got-let me tell you something-the body does CRAZY things when you run far. If you have never run distance, you would not know-but- and don't read this if you get grossed out easily...
*Warning zone*
Running has got to be one of the fastest ways to lose weight. Let's just say that a lot of the vans had jokes written on them....things like "Honey Bucket or Bust" (Honey bucket is the portable toilets outfit) or "outta our way, we've got the runs!" or "pepto bismo!" and on, and on, and on...
You look at the vans and can't help laughing-then your stomach does a flip flop-and wowee, you're-a-runnin' to the buckets. My thought is, anything that makes your body do this can't be good for you-but heck-it is an experience...
*Warning zone ended*
So-we go to sleep at 11pm, alarm goes off a 1am-and my first words were "brutal" I was the first runner at 3am. My stomach hurt like heck. Get to the exchange, get the band from Eric, and off I go-into the darkness, with a vest and headlamp up a back country road-up hill. Let me tell you, the best thing about running in the dark at 3am...well, several things. 1. It is cool (temperature). 2. It is dark, you can only see to the end of your headlamp, therefore, you have no clue how long or how steep you are climbing, you just take it one step at a time. I had a "runners moment" I connected with the pavement, if you will. It was the coolest most amazing running exerience ever. It was hard, but really neat. I stopped running with music, and there is something kind of relaxing about hearing yourself run.
So we finish our second round, go to a school in the middle of nowhere, and eat breakfast-choke down eggs, and something else. Drive to the next exchange, no sleep. Get the bracelet from Eric when he comes in, go off running. By this point, my hip flexers, ankles, and knees are protesting. Nooooo, will you just STOP??? Not to mention the blister on my toe that feels like it is going to make my nail fall off, gross. The last 1/2 mile, a hill. I walked, again. Round the bend, hand off to Chad-hurray! I'm done!
I think I told a few people I would never do that again...however, I think that I would-I would just train next time. That, and maybe get faster so that I could get through the legs faster. I am less sore now than I thought I would be-it is crazy how fast I am healing. What an experience! Crazy, but neat-and now I can say...I DID IT! Pictures to follow!
Our hood to coast team finished in 31 hours-which, while not the fastest in the world (the fastest team finished in 15 hours) was pretty darn okay. My first leg was HOT! It was at 4pm, up and down hills, and I admit, I walked-twice. Once van 2 was done with the first legs, we went back to Luke and Sarah's condo in Portland. I was unable to choke down the pizza that we got-let me tell you something-the body does CRAZY things when you run far. If you have never run distance, you would not know-but- and don't read this if you get grossed out easily...
*Warning zone*
Running has got to be one of the fastest ways to lose weight. Let's just say that a lot of the vans had jokes written on them....things like "Honey Bucket or Bust" (Honey bucket is the portable toilets outfit) or "outta our way, we've got the runs!" or "pepto bismo!" and on, and on, and on...
You look at the vans and can't help laughing-then your stomach does a flip flop-and wowee, you're-a-runnin' to the buckets. My thought is, anything that makes your body do this can't be good for you-but heck-it is an experience...
*Warning zone ended*
So-we go to sleep at 11pm, alarm goes off a 1am-and my first words were "brutal" I was the first runner at 3am. My stomach hurt like heck. Get to the exchange, get the band from Eric, and off I go-into the darkness, with a vest and headlamp up a back country road-up hill. Let me tell you, the best thing about running in the dark at 3am...well, several things. 1. It is cool (temperature). 2. It is dark, you can only see to the end of your headlamp, therefore, you have no clue how long or how steep you are climbing, you just take it one step at a time. I had a "runners moment" I connected with the pavement, if you will. It was the coolest most amazing running exerience ever. It was hard, but really neat. I stopped running with music, and there is something kind of relaxing about hearing yourself run.
So we finish our second round, go to a school in the middle of nowhere, and eat breakfast-choke down eggs, and something else. Drive to the next exchange, no sleep. Get the bracelet from Eric when he comes in, go off running. By this point, my hip flexers, ankles, and knees are protesting. Nooooo, will you just STOP??? Not to mention the blister on my toe that feels like it is going to make my nail fall off, gross. The last 1/2 mile, a hill. I walked, again. Round the bend, hand off to Chad-hurray! I'm done!
I think I told a few people I would never do that again...however, I think that I would-I would just train next time. That, and maybe get faster so that I could get through the legs faster. I am less sore now than I thought I would be-it is crazy how fast I am healing. What an experience! Crazy, but neat-and now I can say...I DID IT! Pictures to follow!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Good Intentions
Have you ever had good intentions of doing something but it never got done, but you still had to live with the consiquences of not doing said thing? I am in that exact spot, only, this is very extreme-as far as consiquences for not doing my job.
I am running in hood to coast. Here is a blerb from the website:
As the Largest Running Relay Race in the World, and Mother of All Relays, The Nike Hood To Coast Relay stretches 197 miles near the top of Oregon's majestic Mt. Hood down to the beautiful Pacific Ocean beach in Seaside, Oregon. Over 12,000 Hood to Coast runners and 4,800 walkers in The OfficeMax Portland To Coast Walk, share in the experience of this annual event now in its 27th year! Join the excitement this August 22nd and 23rd, 2008!
It is a relay race, each team has 12 runners, 2 vans and basically, we leapfrog eachother to the finish. I am in van 2 and run legs 7 (5.65 mile Hard leg) over rolling hills along highway 26 on paved shoulder and country roads and 6pm Friday, leg 19 (5.89 miles very hard) long leg over challenging uup an down hills on paved back country roads at 3am, and finally leg 31 (4 miles moderate) on gradual hills on narrow paved back country road at 2:30pm on Saturday.
The Hard, very hard and moderate designations are made by race officials. Yes, it is true, I will be doing this-and I have NOT been training. Shame shame on me.
I will begin the "mother of all relays" tomorrow-wish me luck, on my 15.54 up and down running journey!
I am running in hood to coast. Here is a blerb from the website:
As the Largest Running Relay Race in the World, and Mother of All Relays, The Nike Hood To Coast Relay stretches 197 miles near the top of Oregon's majestic Mt. Hood down to the beautiful Pacific Ocean beach in Seaside, Oregon. Over 12,000 Hood to Coast runners and 4,800 walkers in The OfficeMax Portland To Coast Walk, share in the experience of this annual event now in its 27th year! Join the excitement this August 22nd and 23rd, 2008!
It is a relay race, each team has 12 runners, 2 vans and basically, we leapfrog eachother to the finish. I am in van 2 and run legs 7 (5.65 mile Hard leg) over rolling hills along highway 26 on paved shoulder and country roads and 6pm Friday, leg 19 (5.89 miles very hard) long leg over challenging uup an down hills on paved back country roads at 3am, and finally leg 31 (4 miles moderate) on gradual hills on narrow paved back country road at 2:30pm on Saturday.
The Hard, very hard and moderate designations are made by race officials. Yes, it is true, I will be doing this-and I have NOT been training. Shame shame on me.
I will begin the "mother of all relays" tomorrow-wish me luck, on my 15.54 up and down running journey!
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Have I ever mentioned that I am in LOVE with what Nick does for a living?
Nick is teaching me how to weld!
Starting small.
And here is the real pro, on the job site.
I only wish I could be that cool.
And, a picture of George, doing what he does best!
We really did go to Hawaii in May...
I lost at air hockey, to Nick, who torched me. And wouldn't give it up.
Hike to see the tallest waterfall in Kona. I totally own the place!
Nick at the volcano, wielder of the smoke-oh yeah!
Having a nice dinner on the water.
So, the story behind this picture-my family HATES these cars and we lovingly refer to them as Weasel cars. They are named as such because in the movie "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" the weasels drive a car that is a lot like the PT cruiser. So, when Nick and I went to Pennsylvania to visit my little sister, we rented a car to drive from Philly to Lewisberg. We get to the car rental shop and see a TON of Weasel cars. Nick and I both look at eachother and say, at the same time, it's all good as long as we don't get a WEASEL. We check in and get directed to stall "23" where not only sits a WEASEL, but it is *gasp* BRIGHT BRIGHT BLUE, just like the one above. The only cool thing about the Weasel was how funny Heidi's reaction was to it. OH, and speaking of WEASELS-I swear, weasel owners are like SOOO proud of their own weasels. It is like a WEASEL CULT. You drive down the road and all the other fellow weasels wave emphatically at you, like "hey, nice choice on the weasel! were like bro's!" *ACK!* I am not a part of your little weasel club, you can keep it! So there you go, the story of the weasel, and the story of the picture-in case you were dying to know what the deal was. If you are family, you already know this and no doubt are dying of laughter.
Monday, August 11, 2008
Wonderful Weekend
This was a great weekend. I got to see Nick for 2 whole days which is the longest I have seen him since the 4th of July.
I was so excited to see him-unfortunately, he ended up getting stuck at the coast on Friday and my excitement became more like frustration and a small pitty party. I get so little time with Nick and I have found that this summer, in particular, when he finally has a moment to come and spend with me-it is often taken up with doing more work that keeps him away. Call me selfish-but having him work out of town 100% of the time makes me a little possessive of his time-
I don't write about my feelings related to him being gone a lot on this blog, because at times, the feelings are not exactly positive. The hardest part is the fact that our first year of marriage has been spent largely separate. While I do try to keep a positive outlook and I know that we have opportunites that other people don't have due to the incentives of him working out of town-I won't lie, it gets hard.
What I find is the most difficult is not him leaving, no-it is the adjustment of his coming and going. I get used to him being with me for a day, he leaves and it is an adjustment having him gone-then later, when he returns, it is an adjustment having him come home.
The other difficult issue is the "real" things one has to deal with in marriage. There are discussions that have to be had, finances to be dealt with, big decisions to be made with the house-all of which have to happen in our small amount of time together, which can really drag you down-because who wants to discuss these things when you have few moments together anyway?
So back to the weekend-
Nick taught me how to run a bead with the weldor. I have a long way to go but I am learing. I have pictures, I will post them. We worked around the house, went to dinner with his dad, went to lunch with his mom, went to Hancock-which was just okay-and managed to have time to discuss some more important things, like the house and such. We are still without a kitchen, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. We also talked more about our plans to move to McCall, eventually. I cannot wait for that day to come-no more Portland rat race...that would make me so happy!
I was so excited to see him-unfortunately, he ended up getting stuck at the coast on Friday and my excitement became more like frustration and a small pitty party. I get so little time with Nick and I have found that this summer, in particular, when he finally has a moment to come and spend with me-it is often taken up with doing more work that keeps him away. Call me selfish-but having him work out of town 100% of the time makes me a little possessive of his time-
I don't write about my feelings related to him being gone a lot on this blog, because at times, the feelings are not exactly positive. The hardest part is the fact that our first year of marriage has been spent largely separate. While I do try to keep a positive outlook and I know that we have opportunites that other people don't have due to the incentives of him working out of town-I won't lie, it gets hard.
What I find is the most difficult is not him leaving, no-it is the adjustment of his coming and going. I get used to him being with me for a day, he leaves and it is an adjustment having him gone-then later, when he returns, it is an adjustment having him come home.
The other difficult issue is the "real" things one has to deal with in marriage. There are discussions that have to be had, finances to be dealt with, big decisions to be made with the house-all of which have to happen in our small amount of time together, which can really drag you down-because who wants to discuss these things when you have few moments together anyway?
So back to the weekend-
Nick taught me how to run a bead with the weldor. I have a long way to go but I am learing. I have pictures, I will post them. We worked around the house, went to dinner with his dad, went to lunch with his mom, went to Hancock-which was just okay-and managed to have time to discuss some more important things, like the house and such. We are still without a kitchen, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. We also talked more about our plans to move to McCall, eventually. I cannot wait for that day to come-no more Portland rat race...that would make me so happy!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Spreadsheets
I dream in spreadsheets. You heard me right, I dream about the problems I have to work out at work to get things to work properly, and many of these problems stem from Spreadsheets. Thus, I dream in spreadsheets.
I came home on Sunday night after almost a month of traveling to find that my house is "that house." You know, the one in the nice neigborhood that everyone drives by and says...what is the deal, don't those people care about their yard? Don't get me wrong, I love having acreage, I LOVE it! I cherish and am thankful for my home. Nick is gone a lot, and I have been traveling a lot. This does not make having property easy! Our choice is to either be "that house" or to hire help, a thought that I shudder at because why should I work hard at my job so that I can pay someone to do the things that I do not have time to do at my own house. That is like working your butt off to earn a living and pay for childcare so then your child spends all day away from you, and you are working to keep them in childcare, and on and on. I can imagine what the conversation was like if I went to part time to take care of the house...
WORK: So you want to go to part time?
ME: Yes
WORK: Are you pregnant?
ME: No
WORK: Well then, why would you like to go to part time?
ME: To work on my house and do yard work.
Yeah, that would go over well! =)
I came home on Sunday night after almost a month of traveling to find that my house is "that house." You know, the one in the nice neigborhood that everyone drives by and says...what is the deal, don't those people care about their yard? Don't get me wrong, I love having acreage, I LOVE it! I cherish and am thankful for my home. Nick is gone a lot, and I have been traveling a lot. This does not make having property easy! Our choice is to either be "that house" or to hire help, a thought that I shudder at because why should I work hard at my job so that I can pay someone to do the things that I do not have time to do at my own house. That is like working your butt off to earn a living and pay for childcare so then your child spends all day away from you, and you are working to keep them in childcare, and on and on. I can imagine what the conversation was like if I went to part time to take care of the house...
WORK: So you want to go to part time?
ME: Yes
WORK: Are you pregnant?
ME: No
WORK: Well then, why would you like to go to part time?
ME: To work on my house and do yard work.
Yeah, that would go over well! =)
Friday, August 1, 2008
A change in Vacation Plans
It smells like gravy and turkey in the office I am working in today...the cafeteria has them every once in a while here and I guess it is special cuz everyone has gotten some.
Nick and I have been go go go, traveling, being out of town-all for work. We were going to go to Orlando and spend a week at Disneyworld...the key word here is "were." We have decided that with such a busy summer and no time to even sit and ponder the more wonderful things in life, we don't want a busy vacation. We have canceled the trip and will instead be going to McCall, Idaho to stay at the cabin, low stress, low activity leve (if we so choose) and no plane rides! I think this is a better choice for us at this point. We didn't know we would be traveling this much when we decided to book the trip. I miss McCall anyway.
Nick and I have been go go go, traveling, being out of town-all for work. We were going to go to Orlando and spend a week at Disneyworld...the key word here is "were." We have decided that with such a busy summer and no time to even sit and ponder the more wonderful things in life, we don't want a busy vacation. We have canceled the trip and will instead be going to McCall, Idaho to stay at the cabin, low stress, low activity leve (if we so choose) and no plane rides! I think this is a better choice for us at this point. We didn't know we would be traveling this much when we decided to book the trip. I miss McCall anyway.
Friday, July 25, 2008
Ramblings
Amanda made a good point, yes, the countertops are concrete counters...people automatically think sidewalks and roadways when they think of concrete, however, when done right, concrete can be very decorative and look awesome. Over time, the concrete will get different discolorations such as in places where we have water hit frequently and maybe if I roll dough in a certain place all the time-for me, this is a character building thing, for others, it would be really unwelcome. The benefit to concrete was both the asthetics and also the ability to make it do cool things (case and point, the drainboard).
I have been the worst blogger lately. I have good reason, but still, people will stop checking in if I am not better at blogging sooner rather than later.
Let me see here-In the month of July, Nick has been in Toledo Oreogn laying pipe and has not come home. He is working nights which makes it very difficult to even talk on the phone. I have been working out of town too. I went to Seattle, Chicago, I am in Newport and then Medford next week. I come back for a short time, then to El Paso for another job. I have been given a lot more responsibility at work, and while it sounds nice, I am working all the time and not really getting to enjoy life the way that I want to. Plus, more responsibility does not bring more perks-it is just plain old, more work. Yes, I know, gripe gripe gripe!
Anyway, I am in the middle of doing to financial statement so I should get back to it. Kitchen is close, nick needs to come home long enough to install the plumbing and the stove-and pipe gas to the stove.
Can you guys do me a favor, leave in the comments what you could see me doing if you could see me doing any job-base it on things I like to do, personality, etc... THANKS!
I have been the worst blogger lately. I have good reason, but still, people will stop checking in if I am not better at blogging sooner rather than later.
Let me see here-In the month of July, Nick has been in Toledo Oreogn laying pipe and has not come home. He is working nights which makes it very difficult to even talk on the phone. I have been working out of town too. I went to Seattle, Chicago, I am in Newport and then Medford next week. I come back for a short time, then to El Paso for another job. I have been given a lot more responsibility at work, and while it sounds nice, I am working all the time and not really getting to enjoy life the way that I want to. Plus, more responsibility does not bring more perks-it is just plain old, more work. Yes, I know, gripe gripe gripe!
Anyway, I am in the middle of doing to financial statement so I should get back to it. Kitchen is close, nick needs to come home long enough to install the plumbing and the stove-and pipe gas to the stove.
Can you guys do me a favor, leave in the comments what you could see me doing if you could see me doing any job-base it on things I like to do, personality, etc... THANKS!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Weights and more
I went to Eugene for Dad's birthday over the weekend. It was nice to see the family, have dessert at Sweet Life, enjoy mint mojitos with Heids, and see Tanner and Jordan.
I went to the gym with Heids and did the dumbest thing I have ever done. We were putting weights on the machine and I dropped, yes dropped a 25 lb plate from waist height onto my toe. It swelled, turned black and blue, but did not break, lucky me.
We found out that the sink we chose is not going to work, so I will have to take that back and get a new one. Also, we will not have countertops as soon as we had wanted-we will have to wait because the concrete place has to order some template something or other before they can pour.
I am very tired. I didn't sleep well last night.
I went to the gym with Heids and did the dumbest thing I have ever done. We were putting weights on the machine and I dropped, yes dropped a 25 lb plate from waist height onto my toe. It swelled, turned black and blue, but did not break, lucky me.
We found out that the sink we chose is not going to work, so I will have to take that back and get a new one. Also, we will not have countertops as soon as we had wanted-we will have to wait because the concrete place has to order some template something or other before they can pour.
I am very tired. I didn't sleep well last night.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
House, running, etc
Well, we are partway through June. Nick and I have made it past our 6month's married and 4 years together. Summer is always kind of bittersweet. While it is nice that the sun is out, the days are long and warm and people are all around happier, it is also a hard time because it means that my husband becomes an absentee mate. ~well, I guess it is not like he gets to work in town much during the rest of the year, however, at least then I get to have 2 days with him as opposed to one per week. Sometimes I just want to sit down with the owners of the company and say "ok, I am going to make it so that your wife is gone 6 days per week, and while she is gone, I am going to keep her so busy that she will only have the energy to talk to you for like 10 minutes per day-I am going to do this for 2+ year." They might think twice about sending Nick out of town ALL the time~maybe, just maybe. Of the 6 months that we have been married, he as been gone in Ontario, Hood River and now Toledo. With 100% honety, I can say that I have spent fewer nights with him since we have been married (and before we were married) than I have without him. Anyway-I sound like a wimp-not a wimp, just wish that the owners would think about us as a couple for even .5 seconds.
We have decided to go with Concrete countertops. I will be sure to show pitures when they are done, in about a month. The cabinet guys have not been back since last Thursday and I didn't get any kind of indication from them if they were ever going to come back and finish the job. They didnt say, we will be back in 2 weeks, 2 days, not at all..nothing, nada. I have not heard from them at all-hm.
I have been running again. I am trying a new running technique-it is called marathon training for busy people where you focus on running for a certain period of time, rather than miles. If you are fast, you run more miles, if you are slow, less. Tuesday was 45 minutes, same on weds and Thurs (today) was 50 minutes. Friday will be an off day, and Saturday is 1.5 hours.
Today I ran 50 minutes out in the country (since that is where I live). I saw 2 deer and finally found the -wait THE hill that everyone keeps talking about. Um, yeah, this hill is long and steep. I admit, I walked over half. The day that I run the whole thing, I will scream, yippee! Funny thing about the hill, the street in the middle of it, where there is a small, itty bitty plateau, is called Heidi street (in case you dont know, that is my little sister's name). So naturally, I begin coming up with names for this hill. On a good day, it might be Heidi Hill, if it is kinda tough, maybe I will call it Devils Heidi (you know, there are always places on the ocean called Devils elbow and stuff). I have other, less flattering names for it, but I am not sure that they are appropiate for the blog.
We have decided to go with Concrete countertops. I will be sure to show pitures when they are done, in about a month. The cabinet guys have not been back since last Thursday and I didn't get any kind of indication from them if they were ever going to come back and finish the job. They didnt say, we will be back in 2 weeks, 2 days, not at all..nothing, nada. I have not heard from them at all-hm.
I have been running again. I am trying a new running technique-it is called marathon training for busy people where you focus on running for a certain period of time, rather than miles. If you are fast, you run more miles, if you are slow, less. Tuesday was 45 minutes, same on weds and Thurs (today) was 50 minutes. Friday will be an off day, and Saturday is 1.5 hours.
Today I ran 50 minutes out in the country (since that is where I live). I saw 2 deer and finally found the -wait THE hill that everyone keeps talking about. Um, yeah, this hill is long and steep. I admit, I walked over half. The day that I run the whole thing, I will scream, yippee! Funny thing about the hill, the street in the middle of it, where there is a small, itty bitty plateau, is called Heidi street (in case you dont know, that is my little sister's name). So naturally, I begin coming up with names for this hill. On a good day, it might be Heidi Hill, if it is kinda tough, maybe I will call it Devils Heidi (you know, there are always places on the ocean called Devils elbow and stuff). I have other, less flattering names for it, but I am not sure that they are appropiate for the blog.
Thursday, June 12, 2008
More House Pictures
Here are some pictures of the house and some updates on the countertops:
The front of the house, all the plants in the front are going to come out and I will do something else. The gravel is going to go away and there will be a stamped concrete or concrete paver path that goes to the back yard.
The side yard, the rocks are going to go. The yard goes way out to the road which you cant see from this picture.
This is the back yard, it goes all the way to the fence. There is a lot of work that we will do for the back yard but we will work on it over the next year or so.
The cabinet with the trim on top.
More trim on top
The back of the island, partially finished.
The front of the house, all the plants in the front are going to come out and I will do something else. The gravel is going to go away and there will be a stamped concrete or concrete paver path that goes to the back yard.
The side yard, the rocks are going to go. The yard goes way out to the road which you cant see from this picture.
This is the back yard, it goes all the way to the fence. There is a lot of work that we will do for the back yard but we will work on it over the next year or so.
The cabinet with the trim on top.
More trim on top
The back of the island, partially finished.
Cabinets are partially in...
I came home last night and the contractor had some of the cabinets in! I am so used to having nothing in the room that having cabinets was so strange! They are BEAUTIFUL! None of the trim work has been done and the island still needs to be completed, but it is nice to see progress! We will see how things look when I get home from work tonight-should be pretty cool!
So I get home last night and there was a note on the island that said:
McKenzie:
The island has been placed, move it around until it is where you would like it to be and keep in mind that there will be a 3" pony wall behind it and counter top overhang. ~Tyler.
Um...place the island??? I thought that was supposed to be on the plans! Needless to say, the task was tough. Nick is out of town Monday - Saturday, so it is me, all me that had to move the cabinets around to decide where the island would go. And if it is in the wrong spot, I will take the heat for it.
I got out the measuring tape and some blue painters tape. I taped off where the fridge would open to, where the dish washer would open to, where the counter would stick out to, etc. I even made some custom countertops, see below for detail. I am such a visual person that I had to "see" how much room there would be between the counter and the wall.
The wall cabinets, no trim yet, but I love them. 
The totally CUSTOM counter top. The actual one will be two level. Note all the blue tape on the floors. Nick laughed at me for setting up the chairs-but it gave me an idea for what it would look like in real life.
More custom countertop
And one more view.
So I get home last night and there was a note on the island that said:
McKenzie:
The island has been placed, move it around until it is where you would like it to be and keep in mind that there will be a 3" pony wall behind it and counter top overhang. ~Tyler.
Um...place the island??? I thought that was supposed to be on the plans! Needless to say, the task was tough. Nick is out of town Monday - Saturday, so it is me, all me that had to move the cabinets around to decide where the island would go. And if it is in the wrong spot, I will take the heat for it.
I got out the measuring tape and some blue painters tape. I taped off where the fridge would open to, where the dish washer would open to, where the counter would stick out to, etc. I even made some custom countertops, see below for detail. I am such a visual person that I had to "see" how much room there would be between the counter and the wall.
The wall cabinets, no trim yet, but I love them. 
The totally CUSTOM counter top. The actual one will be two level. Note all the blue tape on the floors. Nick laughed at me for setting up the chairs-but it gave me an idea for what it would look like in real life.
More custom countertop
And one more view. Oh, and by the way, countertops are a ways off. We can't decide between concrete or granite. The granite we like, as can be expected, is expensive-so anyway, we will see how long it takes for the countertops to be in...
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
House progress!
After a long wait, I have some picures for you to see. We are on the way to having a HOME
Before
After-Our BEAUTIFUL hardwood floors-The walls still need color and the trim needs to be put in, but what a difference some floors make!
The crazy number of branches that I cut off from the tree, see below.
This tree was so overgrown. It had branches all the way to the ground with pine needles covering up the bottom branches because they were so over grown. I cut each one with a hand saw, see above for quantity-and drug them all over to the driveway. Not only did I rock the house by cutting this all myself, I did it in a skirt because I started the project and got too involved to go change. Boo ya for me!
OUR CABINETS!!!!!!! IN BOXES-WAITING TO BE INSTALLED!
Before
After-Our BEAUTIFUL hardwood floors-The walls still need color and the trim needs to be put in, but what a difference some floors make!
The crazy number of branches that I cut off from the tree, see below.
This tree was so overgrown. It had branches all the way to the ground with pine needles covering up the bottom branches because they were so over grown. I cut each one with a hand saw, see above for quantity-and drug them all over to the driveway. Not only did I rock the house by cutting this all myself, I did it in a skirt because I started the project and got too involved to go change. Boo ya for me!
OUR CABINETS!!!!!!! IN BOXES-WAITING TO BE INSTALLED!
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