Will not miss

One thing we will NOT miss once we move out to The Lake?     This:

Handing out Halloween candy to 600 trick-or-treaters.   600.   In our small town.  It. is. insane.

So, we did what every crabby pants would do:   stuck our children out there for the first shift. Rule Boy was diligent in enforcing the "Take ONE piece, please" and Surly Girl grudgingly muttered "Happy Halloween" as if kids were taking her own personal candy.   And yet?  Didn't deter the floods.  The Husband gave out about 300 pieces of candy just between 6-7pm.  We ran out and turned the light off at 7pm...  but there were still trick-or-treaters out there, so we could have given out even more!  

On the other hand, we'll get NO trick-or-treaters out at The Log House, since it is delightfully tucked in the woods.  I suspect I'll feel cranky about that too.  *sigh*

Hope your Halloween was not too hot and not too cold... not too soft and not too hard... just too much fun! How many ghoulies and ghosties descended on you last night?

Prepare for flute and lyre

Commence rejoicing.

(Note:  My apologies --  I have known about this for three days, but have been unable to share, as the nonchalant Husband dropped by The Log House to show me on our way out of town to see a Buffalo Bills game, and I had neither camera nor phone with me at the time to grab a photo to squeal over all weekend.  The heartless man.) 

So, without further ado:

TA-DAAAAA!    We have a kitchen!  well, *ish.*   Those are lower AND upper cabinets, baby, along with a fine counter top.   So, for a tour:   the blank spot on the end is where the dishwasher will go, with the sink directly to the right of that; the blank spot on the right is where the stove will go, with the microwave directly above that.  I am standing in the spot where the fridge will go to take the second picture.

I am so excited I can't stand it!!  So, a back splash of some sort, kick plate (is that right?), a wee bit o' plumbing and wiring, and the appliances go in....   oh, and a floor.  I needs me a floor now!

It is starting to look like a real home now, eh?  Not just a log picnic pavilion?


Oh, and:  Go Bills!

Beauty

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In a place known for its radiant displays of fall color, this season has been exceptional.  I am driving like the old codger I am at heart these days --  gawking at the scenery everywhere I go.   If you get a chance to take an extended leaf-peeping drive through our neck of the woods this week, you'll not regret it!

Trust me.

It's only been a week since the last post (in which I surmised that the kitchen cabinets would be installed within the week)....     you're feeling very sleepy....    a weeeeeeeek.   Not three weeks!   A weeeeeek.

I am trying to spread the delusion.  Work with me here.


Anyway, this odd space-time warp finally ended and - lo and behold - what do we have?  

Installed lower kitchen cabinets!!!  Aren't they lovely?    The only answer here is:  "yes."

Once the countertop is installed, then the upper cabinets will be installed... and then... and THEN....   well, maybe a floor?

The upper cabinets are still in a jumble:

But soon, we will rejoice with flute and lyre.  

Forgive me; my African friend Emma is practicing Hebrew at the table and it feels very Biblical in here.



But back to The House:

So, I dashed into The Log House to lay mine eyes on the kitchen (and was pretty squealy), when I turned to tell Emma something about the layout of the kitchen and dining room and was pleasantly (and very squealy) surprised to see THIS:

The Hubs added the bead-board wainscoting to the dining room walls without telling me!  Totally exciting!
The chair rail is being stained, but that oughta go in soon, too.

Well, soon is a relative term in Log World.

Warning: SQUEEEEE ahead

Although I know it is different in many parts of the country, around here the new school year starts after Labor Day, which means that yesterday was our First Day of School, both for the children and for myself.  After a thrilling and exhausting day, I drove up to The Lake to nab the kiddos so The Hubs could work a little longer, and witnessed this:

The sweetness!  Oh!  The SWEETNESS!

Okay, that's not the best part.  This is what really got my attention:

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT IS?!!!    That beautiful, precious, lovely truck was delivering [most of] our KITCHEN CABINETS!!!!

SQUEEEEEEEE!!!!!!

I admit it:  I did squeal an inordinate amount upon bursting into The House and witnessing this momentous event.  I may have even startled the guys delivering the cabinets ... just a tad.

Installation will likely be next week and the countertops after that, but just this was enough to send me into raptures of delight for the rest of the evening.

*sigh*    Kitchen cabinets.   I am a happy girl.

Log ends = flyways

Here's a finished view of one of the corners of The House after The Hubs finished trimming the log ends... er flyaways flyways.*   You learn something new every day.

[*editor's note:  If you scroll down to the comment section below, you'll see that an "anonymous" commenter  *cough*thehubs*cough* corrected me.  Apparently, I misheard the first time.  Eh.  Whaddyagonnado?]

(I know the before and after shots are of different corners of The House, but they all looked pretty similar.)

Before                                                                After

Now those little flyaways  flyways are all nice and neat and tucked in under the overhang of the roof.