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[cairistiona]

Ahh, Saturday. During summer, it's not as much of a "day off" for me as it is during the school year when I wake up knowing I don't have to lunge out of bed straight off to get ready to take Dink to school. I still have to get up and let the cats out and walk and feed the dog etc, but I can do that knowing that I can go back to bed if I want or stay up and have a leisurely cup of coffee in my pajamas. :)

Today will be somewhat busy. We decided on a paint color for the dining area... we're simply going to use the same color already on the walls in the living room, which is a warm beige-y tan color. When the backsplash tile came in and we laid several out to see how colors would go, we saw that the warm tan works well against it. It also works well with the poster and the propellor (which arrived while we were in Florida and looks every bit as cool as I'd hoped... when hubby gets it hung on the wall, I'll share pics). So painting is on the agenda, though it shouldn't take long with one entire wall missing and two others taken up by very large openings.

Still no countertops nor date for installation, which has me so frustrated I could spit. Since it's evidently a family emergency situation I can't really hold much ire, but still.. I have a kitchen that's *this* close to being usable staring at me all day long and nothing I can do about it. *sigh* To be honest, I'm still not entirely sure something less excusable is going on. *sigh* I'm still waiting on a reply to my latest text but I may need to punt to hubby to call, because he's more diplomatic than I am.

Other news... last night's sunset was lovely.

Most of our weather moves west to east, so normally I'd see this and think of the old refrain, "Red at night, sailor's delight," but it ended up being the opposite as there was a line of strong retrograde storms that moved in from the east--the sunset was actually the leading edge of the storms instead of the remnants. Weird, but it happens a few times a year.

I hope all of you have lovely weekends!

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

My DH is going crazy living out of boxes while we re-do the pantry. I know he's hoping he'll have it ready to go by tomorrow night. Personally, I think it will be a few more days, but I'd love to get out of pantry boxes too. I feel your pain!!!

Have your hubby call the installers on Monday. You need to get those counters installed already.

- Erulisse (one L)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

I've gotten so used to living out of boxes and paper plates/cups, I'm afraid I won't know how to use a real kitchen and real dishes. LOL

We will definitely be calling on Monday if we don't hear from them this weekend.

[nefhiriel.livejournal.com]

Summer weekends can sure be a mixed bag. Frankly, I look forward to all the busy events slowing down, and the approach of fall. (I guess I live in the right place, as a lover of cool weather. :))

Hope the painting goes well! And that you can get your kitchen finished someday. XD

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Even as hot as it's been, I'm definitely not ready to give up summer. I still have pool-time to get in. *g*

And thank you. It will get finished, one way or another. I'm just crossing fingers hubby doesn't have to put in some plywood countertops himself. :/

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

What a gorgeous sunset! Hope you soon get your kitchen sorted out.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you... it was a very pretty sunset, surprising because the east was completely black with impending storms!

Hopefully we won't have to resort to hubby slapping some plywood countertops down because I can't stand it anymore!

[shirebound]

*waves from Wyoming*

What a stunning sky!