Today I got to do dishes.

Let me tell you a little about our builders. Huey Steptoe is a gem. He's a 73 year old man with a younger helper named Bill or Billy. Huey and Bill each get $25 an hour and are worth so much more. They work hard, they're talented, and have been a big blessing to us. When ever we speak about them to someone in town everyone says they're very talented, and they go great work.

Today Bill came over to set up the new hot water heater and put in the cabinets and the kitchen sink. Monday he'll come back and do some finish work in the kitchen. Then it's back to the rotten floors in the back of the house and the expanding of our bathroom.

I plan to paint the upper cabinets white with maybe a color in the back of them. No doors at this point. The bottom cabinets are from Home Cheapo. Two trips there and two damaged cabinets, what a hassle. I wanted unpainted so this was the best I could do. The stove area is really set up for a 36" stove but that's just not going to happen. The best I could do to get some counter space for prep work by the stove was to offset the sink.

The frig is expected to be delivered on the 25th. It was nice that the stove and frig were left for us but the frig has got to go. It sometimes leaks water and we can't keep ice cream in it for dad. If we turn it up to keep the freezer colder it screams at us, and not for ice cream. So until then the frig will sit in the hallway and not be placed in the pantry area.

The bigger thrill for today was putting in the water heater.

At 8:55 on Tuesday they demo'd the kitchen.

At 2:55 on Saturday we got to cook and anticipate our hot shower.

And both dad and Kepper are excited for the hot water. Well dad was. Kepper is presently under the covers next to me drying under the electric blanket.

Julia asked me if there were any areas of the house that's nicely set up. And, I should do a blog post about those rooms. So tomorrow, since it's not going to be a work day I'll see what I can take pictures of. Until then, Cheerio.