Just call me Paula Dean

As some of you may know, we've had a few problems with the fridge not quite fitting into the kitchen...when I say not quite fitting, I mean not at all. For more than a month it sat in the middle of the kitchen floor because it was about half an inch too big to squeeze next to the cabinets. I'd actually gotten used to it and was really starting to think that the fridge would look great sticking out. We didn't want to get rid of the fridge and we'd thought of several expensive or difficult ideas to shave down the edges of the cabinets or buy new ones.

Eisley's birthday party was just one week away when Jamie's parents called to inform us they had the solution to our problem and they were going to come cut up our cabinets. I thought this was a joke until they showed up the next day with a slew of tools.

While watching HGTV they saw someone in the same dilemma cut a strip of wood right out of the middle of the cabinets and piece it back together. I will be the first to admit that I wanted nothing to do with this project and I had my doubts about it working...and IT WORKED!

Somehow they sawed it right down the middle, took out a couple of inches and put it right back together again. I was amazed. Eventually we'll probably paint the kitchen cabinets to be sure to hide any evidence..but it looks wonderful and I was so thankful for all of their hard work. Much better now!

Although I'm thrilled to have everything in the kitchen in place, this gets rid of my excuse not to cook. Now that everything is in order, I attempted to cook tonight...chicken enchiladas. I've never made enchiladas before and I got an early start and ran to the store around 6:30. The recipe said that it would take a total of 40 minutes to prepare and cook the food...we ate around 9:30. Oh brother. At least it tasted pretty nice but the frozen chicken that stuck in the styrofoam packaging really slowed me down. Defrosting was the important lesson learned tonight. I sawed away at the frozen chicken with a large knife and then Jamie hammered it against the counter several times. I'll just say I'm not quite a professional chef but at least I'm trying. I will NOT include pictures of that mess ha!

It's off to bed I go now to have strange dreams that I analyze way too much thanks to Inception.

A clean house is a happy house

What a slacker I've been..I haven't blogged in far too long! I've had just a few things going on.. As far as the house goes, the floors are finished, the fridge is actually in place, those darn baseboards are finally finished and we have a gas fire pit in the back yard! I'll include details of everything soon! The house is finally clean-no ladders in the living room, tools in the kitchen or baseboards hiding in the pantry...it's going to be strange reaching for my toothbrush and actually grabbing that and not a screw driver. Besides working on the house our niece, Eisley, turned 2 and we celebrated with the family at our house-so much fun! We got everything to a good stopping point just in time! I think the dogs are starting to get settled in now too. Memphis got a new dog bed and Beasley sneaks his way onto it at night. This is the only time they cuddle and it's just too cute but I haven't been able to get a good picture of them yet. They spend most of their time crawling under the deck, chasing frogs and biting each other on the ears..darling aren't they? I've also decided that Jamie and I need to take a trip to a farm soon...I want to pick my own food and see how it's all done. If I can't find a good farm we might settle for a trip to grandma Hawkins' house to pick some apples but hopefully I can do some research and find something great. We're also going on a real trip...to California which I am soo excited about! We absolutely love traveling and we need a vacation! I will be posting all kinds of things soon..enjoy some pics!

Working until the wee hours...so glad these are done!!

Putting in the last piece!

Celebrating being done with the floors haha!

Me and the birthday girl!