Divide and Conquer

Yesterday John and I divided and conquered our world. John stayed home and worked with the contractor and workmen to get the stove in place. On the third day of trying it finally went in. The backsplash is looking pretty good too.

I on the other hand spent the entire day at the Tucson JCC for a fundraiser for Eric's Taglit group for special needs young adults. The good news is that I came home with one less 40 quart bin of handmade creations. We raised a lot of money but I would like to have raised a couple of thousand dollars more. If you were not able to make the fundraiser and would like to help you can go to this secure website and donated directly to the program, https://www.tucsonjcc.org/support/donate .On the pull down menu you will use the line that says Other and that will give you a place to type in Taglit. No donation is too small, every dollar helps. This will be a tax deductible donation in the United States.  Eric and his friends would like that very much.

The Stove and Back Splash

Today the back splash started going in.  I think it looks really nice.  John did a very good job picking it out.  The stove is being a bit stubborn, it is taking a little more work than we thought.  They will have to move the electrical outlet tomorrow. Today we took out a bit of tile under the stove.  So we could level the stove with the counter.  

While the work in the kitchen continued, I made 60 pairs of earrings for the fund raiser tomorrow. I found that having the Ott lite over my shoulder made it easier to do things while getting ready for tomorrow , I also found some earrings that I made a while a go. They should go nicely with the ones I made today.  

I would also like to leave e everyone with a favorite quote of mine. "I am standing on the shoulders of the of the ones who came before me."

New Appliances

Today we got the new fridge in, it replaces a 21 year old fridge. I hope it helps lower our power bills.  The new microwave is now in too.  We also picked out the back splash tile. You can see it in the background.  

I also got a lot of hand knit items tagged for Wednesday's fund raiser at the Tucson JCC.  This gives my row count a big boost.  

The Yarn Sink

I used the yarn sink for the first time this afternoon. I had half a pound of Cherry Tree Hill Roving that I spun and finished plying last night. There was plenty of room in the sink for all the yarn. To speed up getting hot water to the sink I started a load of hot water wash first.  There is some multi tasking that is good.  I like using soak when I wash my hand spun yarn. I will have to come up with another method of thwacking the yarn.  I am afraid it made the whole sink shake and I was worried that I might break the sink. Too bad they did not have a cast iron sink for a laundry sink.  Check with your local yarn shop or Raverly to get some Soak.

Kitchen and Craft Room Remodel

Today Kevin finished installing the dish washer.  It runs very quietly. We just need the panel for the insulation to be complete.  John also installed the first phase of the craft room remodel. I worked on organizing the craft room until I was too sore to move. I really wanted to do more tonight, but if I want to sleep I need to switch to knitting or spinning. This is one of those times that I really hate the arthritis.  

Positive Progress

You can see by today's picture that the cabinets all have handles,  but most importantly the dishwasher now fits under the counter.  We may be seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. We are still waiting for the bathroom counter and sink.  You also may notice that there is no front panel on the dishwasher, that is coming soon.  

Remodeling Irony

Today I woke up with a really bad tension headache at 5am.  I keep running through my thought process what could cause such a bad headache so early in the morning. Then it dawned on me Irony. This might take some explanation.  On the bathroom sink it was just a matter of turning around and asking me if they had the right faucet before they started drilling the granite.

The long kitchen counter is a bit more complex.  There was one worker whom was making a lot of mistakes. The other guys would cover up for him and try to fix the mistakes before they were discovered.  They would give him simple tasks whenever possible.  They would count out one, two, three, four put the peg here and let him go to work. Then they would go back and fix the mistakes, no big deal.  But it became a big deal when the long counter was laid down.  '

To cover for the other worker who placed the support wood too low by 1/2 of an inch, it was decided among the other workers to tell the cabinet guy he screwed up, because it was his first lead job.  So 1/2 of an inch was trimmed off the cabinet and the counter was put in place.  I totally understand why the other workers covered for one of their own. Here is is, the next however. However if they would have just said let's check this measurement. And then moved the support wood up by 1/2 of an inch, the cabinet would not have been cut, and the dishwasher would have slid into place without a problem, and we would be one step closer to being finished. 

Now I will hurry to get dressed, because I do not know what time the contractor will be here to fix the boo boos. Then I will go ply some yarn so that I can test out my new fiber sink.  I think I will spend the rest of the day designing jewelry for next week.