Starting on Friday, 4/18, I’m going to attempt to remodel my kitchen in 5 days. With some luck, beer and a lot of hard work, I’ll complete it by 4/22, end of day. Each evening, I’ll document my progress. Here is update #3 (4/20/2014).
Every day, I make a list of what I want to accomplish. I set high goals for myself, so much of the time, I don’t complete it all. Today was one of those days. I wanted to start laying tile, but it didn’t happen. One of the cabinets caused much, much grief, so the tiling will wait for another day.
I also blame the PoPs just a bit. Mrs. PoP made a comment on day 1 about putting random remarks in the walls. I LOVED this idea and went nuts writing messages in the walls for future remodelers to read. Scroll down to see!
So, here are the stats:
- Hours spend today : 12 (total 26)
- Trips to Home Depot: 1 (2 total)
- Injuries today: 0 (1 total) This amazes me because I’m always hurting myself; 4 broken fingers and counting…
- Beers consumed: 2 (total: 7) This is way out of line for me. I’m moderate with everything in life, so usually 3 beers a week is my max. I’ll tone it back down after this misery is behind me. In the meantime, Oskar Blues is making some money.
- Prognosis: I’m still happy with the progress, despite my lack of tiling today. I have a lot to say about all of this, but more on that later.
I am extremely tired. For some crappy reason, my brain started spinning at 4am this morning. When I wake up, there is no going back to sleep. It’s been a long day, so time to go to bed. Good night everyone and thank you for reading.
**I often wonder if people understand my semi-insane ramblings. I hope so.
That’s the rub of setting high goals: it’s a lot tougher to hit them all, even if the high goals themselves brought better results than easily achievable ones would have.
I like to think that, many decades from now, some first time homeowner will rip out those old, dated cabinets and will look up this guy named “Warren Buffet”. With some luck, you might be making billions for a future investor.
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More than happy to take credit for inspiring such words of genius. =)
I’m impressed with the progress – good luck finishing up!
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Looks good! I love those cabinets – and the idea for making the fridge cabinet depth – genius! Look forward to seeing your progress over the next two days.
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Haha, I LOVE the quotes you left for future remodelers to find! You had to Google how to spell Dr. Seuss, didn’t you? 😉
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Everything seems to be taking shape, I don’ t envy doing the tile, so much time on your knees for that, but does save money on the labor.
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Ha ha loving the notes on the wall, I’m so doing that next time we redecorate! Glad to see your sense of humour is at a similar level to mine as well 🙂
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