Today was a very full day. I took the day off from Youthfront and my dad came over to help me begin a huge house project. In short, Jessica and I have decided to remove the wall between our kitchen and dining room. This will create more counter space, and open our place up a bit. It’s super exciting and super time consuming! In the end, we hope to have a few new cabinets and countertops, a new stove, a new microwave that hangs above the stove, new sink, new light fixtures, and a tile floor instead of wood.

Whew, so pretty much new everything I guess. For the most part, my dad and I will do the work together, but we will also hire out some help for the countertops, cabinets, and probably get some friend help for the floor.

Oh, and we’re moving a doorway, updating electrical work, rerouting a heat/AC duct, cutting off a plumbing vent (to use a vent-less cap instead) and changing the location of a few switches.

We accomplished a ton today in tearing things down including the cabinets, wall from both sides, trim, and electrical. We’ve got a good sense of what needs to happen now, and are ready to move forward accordingly.

Not to mention, Jess and I are leaving soon for an exotic vacation to an undisclosed location for an indeterminate amount of time!

Annnnnnnd as if that were not enough, everything at Youthfront is clipping along at light speed as we interview new applicants for summer staff and begin to connect with alumni applicants. We’re hoping to have the hiring process finished up by the end of this month. And I’m hoping to have that kitchen project finished up by April…we shall see.

Below you’ll see a few pics of what we were able to accomplish. A few hours into it this morning I remembered and said to my dad “we forgot to take before pictures!” so what you’ll see is with the cabinet already off the wall and then no wall at all!

I’m really blessed to have a dad that wants to spend the time and energy to do hard work with me and do it the right way. I’m blessed to be married to Jessica who is also a super diligent worker and has just finished a makeover to our upstairs bathroom.

We love our place and getting to make it our own little by little. We love having people over here and love that we get to share it together. Everything just feels right today.