Life Without a Kitchen BUT With a Ball

We are approaching eight months of kitchen disruption from the Great Dishwasher Fiasco of 2019, but I am pleased to share that we are nearing (sort of) the end.

The floor is in and I LOVE it.

Sparkle — the countertops will be in her honor.

Sparkle — the countertops will be in her honor.

Suzanne is my paint color selector — the walls are a light gray with the window and door trim two shades darker. Note we painted the ceiling — also a Suzanne decision — and I am SO glad we did. We have a sink but no water or drain or dishwasher yet.

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The countertops will be installed next week. Then plumbing and then lighting and somewhere in there the new dishwasher, which I have not yet selected — I have Dishwasher Trauma, as you can imagine.

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We look forward to having a real kitchen again — someday.

The next photos are a sequence from Claire’s ball-walk yesterday. It goes like this — run and chase the ball, run and chase the ball, repeat…

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Stop occasionally to eat snow and cool off.

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More running after the ball — very effective exercise, by the way. And really — life is too short not to throw the ball…

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And then at the end…

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Ice baths are apparently great for your muscles. I will take her word for it.

Have a Happy and Warm Tuesday!