Remodeling Day Off

We took a day off from remodeling to attend to our financial health. We drove over to Coeur d'Alene to see our Financial Advisor, Glenn.

While we did not have a very good year (Thank you Stock Market), we are still cruising along and not in any danger of financial insolvency yet. We are both managing to live on our Social Security payment. I get a little help from my 401K, which is why I have it.

Afterwards, we went to Costco where we purchased gas for $3.09. The cheapest we found here in town was $3.50. Then we went to lunch at Paul Bunyan's. It was okay, not great.

On our return trip to Spokane, we stopped at the Cabinet Pro warehouse in the Industrial Park to check out how big a package of boxes we had. I think we can fit them in the garage except for the really tall ones which we'll bring right into the house and put them in the Living Room.

After a quick pass through the car wash, we went to Fred's Appliance and bought a down draft fan for the kitchen. It was a G.E. product marked down from $1199.00 to about $900.00.

We got that home and unloaded into the aforementioned Living Room just in time to take a nap.

I have several small items to attend to tomorrow before our big day on Friday of removing more cabinets, the oven and the remaining flooring under the fridge.

It looks as though I am going to have to open up the ceiling in the laundry room in order to lay the exhaust fan pipe as well as get access for some wiring.

It's getting to crunch time were we will be without the convenience of a kitchen. That means no sink (we'll use the bathroom) no cook top (we'll use the toaster oven and microwave) and no storage space. We need that period to last as short a time as possible. Perhaps two weeks.

I told Susan that tomorrow night is her last chance to use the old oven. It's coming out on Friday.

I would be enjoying this journey if I wasn't so uncertain about what we're doing...skill wise.