more kitchen work

so, it was quite a busy day today. we started putting in the new window sills and trim when chris decided to go ahead and put in the stainless steel backsplash. well, that required removing our old vent hood. this led to 2 things: 1) the last piece of butcher blockesque formica being removed and disposed of


and 2) another hole in the kitchen wall.

so we decided to go to lowe's and get a new vent hood because the one we just removed was far to disgusting and gross to ever reinstall. so we go to our friendly lowe's store. about 2 hours later we walk out after having purchased a new gas oven, microwave and dishwasher. now mind you, these are items that we have been looking at for the past 6 months so it wasn't totally irrational. the lady that originally helped us out yesterday to find the stainless steel backsplash was also there to process our new lowe's credit card application. she really was very helpful if not rather shocked at what started with a backsplash. our new appliances will be here next weekend! yeah! we also did some other looking around and bought a new light fixture to go over our table. yes, the tiffany's/ shaky's pizza light is gone. you can all breath a sigh of relief. the last vestige of 1976 is now outside in the backyard. maybe i can turn it into a planter or something. i really hate to get rid of something so classic and beautiful. anyway, here are a couple of pix of the old light.

i am using the old globe as a crystal ball to look into the past!

so chris thought he was looking like the mushroom thing from super mario brothers, but this reminds me of "mystery"- the super cheesy guy from vh1's the pick up artist. mystery was always wearing these really stupid looking hats.

so now that i look at this picture, you can't really tell what the new light looks like. trust me though it is a zillion times better.

so, if i can figure out how to do this, i will post a video of daisy barking and going absolutely crazy at the old light. it really is quite humorous.

good night!