Back to it

We have been taking a little break from the remodel, but today I get back to it. Mike is away for a couple of days, so I get to put the hardware on. I have about 6 more drawers to finish painting. I have all the cupboards marked for the hardware, so that is done. We have found out we need to poly the cupboards, to keep the paint from getting dirty. Mike got finger prints on some the other day, and it smudged. We saw a show on HGtv and they poly'd the painted cupboards, so we are giving it a shot. We decided to hang the doors then protect them. We need the room for the next part of our project. So off to the local hardware store today.

This is the kitchen now. We have been doing a lot. We got married Oct 23, 2007. Bought the house April 1, 2009. This is his 3rd marriage, my 2nd. I was married for 23 years years to the same person. He was married 9 to his first wife and 15 to his 2nd wife. Now the story is about us. Me and him. We have children, step children 1/2 children and adopted children. We have dogs and a cat. We have all my stuff from, my 1st marriage, and now we are merging it all together. His, mine, and ours. This story will be the story of our love nest. Of the love God gave us for each other. We believe, we were created for each other. There should have been no one else, but there was. And out of those others there came them, the children. Personally I love my children and other peoples children, but I've gotten to be tired. Tired of dealing with the Bull S**** that comes with the children. So, for now, we'll be nice, feed them, love them, kiss them, put them to bed and continue to support them, but we both can't wait until they are moved out.

No we don't care about the grandchildren. I know EVERYONE thinks it is great to have grandchildren, but I'm ready to be childless. I'm ready to build my life around just us. Probably not the right attitude, but it is mine. You don't have to agree, because it is my attitude, and I'm ok with that.

Sunday 12-Jul-09

This was my kitchen 4 months ago. Mike and I bought our house April 1, 2009 (our April fools joke to ourselves). We have been tearing it apart for 3 months now. This is the story of Mike and Michele. It will be about our remodel, it will be about our garden, our love, our lives, it will be about us growing.

I want to be self sustaining, but I don't know if that will happen. We are working on it. We are basically starting over, he is 51 I'm 47 so it seems to be harder to start over, but what the heck? Might as well. We were not doing anything else anyway, right?