Kitchen/Family Room

The two spaces we probably did (or plan to do!) the least in are the kitchen and family room. I just spruced them up a bit and de-old person-ed them! (Interesting tidbit about the kitchen: I was super sad to leave my gas stove and move to electric...but I LOVE it! That thing is not only insanely easy to clean, but boils water in a millisecond! Farewell gas stove!)

Kitchen Before

Kitchen after

Kitchen, shot #2

Kitchen dog...hoping for food since someone is present in the kitchen

Added all new pulls - colorful cabinets and ORB drawer cups

Family Room Before

Family Room After

Shot #2

Aerial shot!

We had planned to make the den into Flip's room. But, for various reasons (including his intense dislike of being in there), we moved his crate into the family room. He is happy as a clam in there. Snoozes all day in his giant greyhound-sized crate (thank you Mimi and Guy!)

In other news, Wm finished the first two of his four final exams. They are already graded and in. 2 A's on finals, two final grade A's. In fact, he got a 112% on his Regions and People final! But, today are his last 2 - and they are the hard ones: Physics and Algebra. Tomorrow, they have an end of the year pizza party and Metro Games (which is basically when they play a bunch of things outside all day). This year went by so fast. I told Steve that mid-way through 7th grade is also the halfway point of middle school and it blew his mind!

We were planning to go hiking in the Hocking Hills this weekend, but the forecast looks terrible. So, instead, we are going to see if we can score some tickets to see Book of Mormon while it's in town! Yay for 3 day weekends! I also put in all my leave requests for summer vacation. WOOT! Steve was shocked, since he put his in months ago. But, I told him that there's no danger that mine wouldn't be approved, so I'm never in a big hurry! Plus, I'm not the boss of anything. When Steve leaves, it's chaos. When I leave in the summer, no one even notices. All the students and (even better) the professors are gone!

Edited to add picture of the dining room light off so you can see the swirly bulbs. I think it's growing on Steve! But he still will not let me paint the light switches pink to match. :(

Best light fixture ever!