Funny, Funny Easton

I have to tell about cutie pie Easton who each time he sees me asks "Is your house still messy, grandma?" He came over and played for a few hours during my construction mess and so asks each day and someday soon I hope to be able to answer him "No, Easton. My house isn't still messy!"

This is Easton at Hill Air Force Museum in July.

Four weeks of FRUSTRATION

Well it has been more than four weeks of my "three week kitchen remodel" and I am reaching the frustration saturation point. Here is how it has gone:

Day 1: tear out

Day 2 and 3: electrician and plumber come and do their work.

Day 4 through FOREVER!!!!: sheet rocker comes(usually after 11, works for 1 hour, goes to lunch for 2-3 hours, works for 1 hour leaves for day). Calls contractor(Shawn) on 28th asking for money so he can buy food for scout camp he will be attending starting Monday. He will finish when he returns. Oh boy, did the thunder roll and the lightning strike!!!!!! I hope it rained on him all week!

Day 24: (July 30th)new sheet rocker comes and finishes the job in 2 hours.

Through August 5: New floor is laid in kitchen and I get the painting done.

August 6 through 12: contractor has family reunion planned since January. He will be back Monday to install cabinets. I told him that I will have my granite chosen by then.

So needless to say, I am frustrated! It is a good thing that Larry has been gone the last two weeks as he was looking pretty pathetic when he would say "What's for dinner?" and I would say "well, let's see what's in the freezer that I can microwave." Salads are great, but they get tiring also. I think I have gained 5 pounds because of all the junk I have eaten. I know I am beginning to whine because after church on Sunday I got 2 invitations to dinner this week.

Larry has been to 3 countries and many cities on his trip and is hoping to be able to cut it a few days short if a Monday meeting can be moved to Friday. He spent last weekend in Copenhagen and will be in Barcelona this weekend (or at least on Friday). He asked me on the 21st of July if I wanted to go with him on this trip and we just couldn't justify paying for the airfare at that short of notice. But we did get notice that we are invited to the vision retreat on Sept. 13-16 in Maui! I'm so excited. I have always wanted to go to Hawaii. We are going over early on the 8th to Oahu and got a priceline car and hotel. I guess we will see what they are like when we get there. The flights between islands are only $45.oo and the company pays for the airfare to the islands. So it won't be too expensive!

I promise my next post will contain some photos and thoughts about our recent trip to Europe. Let me say that it was great to have our family all together while we were there, but there were definitely some challenges too!

On a random Hurray note, Sarah will be graduating from BYU on August 16th with a major in French and a minor in English.