the joys of homeownership

We have been working our "fool heads off" as my Mother would say! :)  Kyle and I enjoy home improvement projects.  We always have.  I am just about sick of "home improving"!   

The piles of rock in front of our house now look a little more intentional and not just random. We sort of turned them into landscaping pieces if you will.  I planted some perennials in between some of the crevices to create a sort of rock garden. I guess that what I should call it, there is still a lot of rocks and now some flowers. We have so much rock in our soil.  I guess because we live in the mountains.  Rather than removing all the rock, we decided to just try to work with it.  We shall see what will become of it.  

Our kitchen appliances actually somewhat match!  We have lived here for almost 2 years with a cream fridge, a white stove, a black microwave and a stainless dishwasher.  I really didn't understand or like it when we bought the house, but it was one of those things that you think you can fix.  Thanks to George W refund money, we are finally getting to do that!  I have researched this completely and knew exactly what I wanted. Easy Care stainless steel that do not show fingerprints! Whoever invented that is probably making the big bucks.  We also bought them during Memorial day weekend so we got a 20% military appreciation discount!  yeah, baby.   

Our stove couldn't be delivered today because the Lowe's guy said it looked like it had been smashed by a truck.  Which really bummed me out, because it is annoying to have to plan your whole day around one delivery.   Then they told me they don't install built in microwaves!  I was sort of bummed about that too, because Kyle and I then spent the next four hours installing it! agh!!!!  I could write a whole blog about the microwave installation alone.  It was insane amount of drilling and templates and holding until your arms want to fall off.  

The refrigerator is beautiful, but I found a small ding in the top right corner.  After I had already unloaded all the food out of the old one, and loaded the new one with all our groceries. God is definitely trying to teach patience.  I guess I am not getting it.  I don't want to be a grouchy customer, but seriously, I want my fridge to be perfect after the amount of money I paid and the amount of time I waited to be able to purchase a fridge that actually will match the other appliances in the room! :)    I called Lowe's and they are going to replace it.   

It's no big deal really.  I am just pressuring myself, because I know we have Kyle's Dad coming Tuesday night staying for 3 weeks and I want my kitchen back by then.  It has been chaos for the last two weeks with all of this kitchen mess.    It's worth it though.  I kept turning around tonight when I was sitting on the couch and Kyle's says "what are you looking at?"  I said,  "my fridge!" and then I just burst into laughter because of how weird that really sounds.  I guess I am officially an old homeowner when a  FRIDGE brings me that much joy!