PHASE II HAS BEGUN

Contractor was going to be here at 7:30 am so I had to get up and dressed and ready for the day. It really was ok though because I had to go to get some blood drawn for my check up on Friday and it was a fasting blood draw so the earlier you get there the better. But that can bite you in the ass because everyone else is in the same boat so it tends to be a bit crowded. When I was getting blood drawn first every three weeks, then every month, then every six weeks for my kidney check up it wasn't a fasting blood draw so I would go any time and if I waited until later in the morning it was not crowded at all. Today wasn't all that bad. I was in and out in probably 1/2 hour. My husband stayed at home with the contractor so I stopped to see my friend at the nursing home where I use to work. It was her birthday yesterday so I wanted to stop by with a small gift. I got her a bag of Lindt chocolates and a bath bar scented like oranges, it was so nice. Then I went to the market to pick up a few things and then of course had to stop for a cafe latte. Came home to discover that the contractor and my husband had decided that we didn't need the French doors leading the laundry/mud room. My original hope was that we didn't need to put doors between the two rooms because I wanted it to make the kitchen feel bigger and my husband was the one who felt it would be a good idea to have the doors in case it got really cold in the winter. We could shut them and contain the cold in the laundry/mud room. The contractor said that the new room was probably better insulated that the entire house due to the fact that it is new construction and very well insulated. So I got my wish. The hole is made and I can tell already that it is going to make the kitchen look and feel bigger. So while the contractor worked, we worked on the front yard getting it raked. It was very warm today, high 70's, very unusual for this time of the year and we may even have thunderstorms tonight. The rest of the week is going to be cooler. So I am glad the yard work is done and lawn is raked so that the new grass can come up especially since we are going to get rain to help that along. I made my mother's meatballs for dinner and spaghetti. Only after I had to clean the entire kitchen top to bottom. The contractor had put up plastic sheeting but it still penetrated. Oh well I think the worse is over and my kitchen is Spring cleaned. The only thing I didn't do was wash the windows. I got the information in the mail today for the inscription on my brother's headstone at the cemetary. It's hard to believe it's going to be one year on June 30th that he died. I cried all over again. Why did this have to happen. I miss him terribly and there will never be anything that can fill the hole in my heart. The laundry/mud room project was talked about for years and he was one of the ones who encouraged us to do it. I wish he were here to see it. I wish he was here to see how happy is neice is now that she has a significant other to share her life with. I think he would have liked Nick. If he didn't he would have slapped into shape. Figuratively, of course. No one could ever hurt his neice.