New Counters!

After I goy my new job, Chris and I decided we were going to bite the bullet and upgrade our counters in the kitchen.

This is something we new we wanted to do eventually - and we decided if we were going to do it - we might as well do it so we can enjoy them!

Before pics on the kitchen. I am now regretting not photographing the iron burn Chris accidentally made a few months after we moved in :)

After our old counters were taken off. Chris had a buddy come over who helped him take off the old counter tops. This ended up saving us about $250 for something that only took the guys 30 minutes to do. Thank goodness for do it yourself! I helped by vacuuming after everything was done. There was a surprising amount of sawdust!

 The boys ended up putting the old counter in the garage... In my parking spot. It was tight fitting my car in the garage!

Note: you can see the iron mark in the top left corner

I had to work so Chris took the day off while the granite people came to install it.  We had order a new garbage disposal to be installed at the same time and we were worried it wouldn't be delivered on time. 

Turns out it wasn't. The guys from the company ended up explaining to Chris how to put it in once it did come - and left him with all the supplies to do it too! Which I thought was super nice.

 Here is one of Chris finishing installing the garbage disposal :) look how handy he is!

And now...  New counters!

Looking at the before and after pictures we ended up picking a stone very similar to what we already had.

But now it is granite and doesn't have the iron burn mark anymore! 

We got a new sink and faucet! Plus a soap dispenser so no more tacky bottles!  

Next up - getting a paper towel holder that will be mounted under the cabinet!

Close up of the stone

Overall we are very pleased with the results!

We now new to figure out a backsplash but that will take some time to agree on.

Just remember

Bottom Rot

Apparently bottom rot is a really common thing when growing tomatoes.  My friend Vickie's husband Matt brought this to my attention. I though a bug had gotten to my plant. Turns out that a lack of calcium in the dirt can cause this.  Makes me sad that this is what has come to my first tomato that was ripening! 

Hope this can get under control before I lose all my plants to bottoms rot! Oh the adventures of gardening! 

I asked my dad for advice since he had told me he had once tried his hand at tomatoes.  He said he has neve heard of this problem because in Arizona the hardest part is keeping them watered!

In other news... Here are my radishes!

Running Errands

Whenever I get ready to leave the house the dogs always give me guilt trip...

Puppy dog faces are my weakness!

June 24th

This kind of made my day... What are the odds GA or VA would let me do thi? I think I would have a better shot dressing Higgins up!

Happy June 24th!

Life's distractions aka my girls

This is a sequence of photos I took of my girls this morning. Please take note of the red rope. This rope was from a toy I bought Georgia when she was a little pup that I thought she would never be able to destroy. - well she did and she loves this rope more than some of her other fully intact toys.  It is one of Virginia's favorite too.  This game has turned into a tug of war/keep away.

At this point they have actually fully lost the rope and are just making noses at eah other with their mouths open... It actually is rather strange.

Love my pups! They sure do make life interesting!

One more reason why...

I love my dad :)

This text came from my mom. Olive (one of Katie's dogs that my parents are watching) needed surgery for a tumor in her colon...

Not only did my dad assist the vet (dr. robinson our horse vet) in the surgery but removed the stitches himself!

Go Dad!!!

A larger picture!

Thankful that even though the distance I can still feel close with my parents and other family though technology :)