April 18, 2009

After a cereal breakfast, we drove into Lake Delton to go to Home Depot. We picked up the rest of what we needed to do the kitchen - a counter top, drains and many miscellaneous items. We purchased the sink and faucet from the Home Depot by home to be sure we could get what we wanted. We have since learned that most stores carry all the same items. Next time, we'll buy everything in Wisconsin. The sales tax is about 1/2 of what it is in Illinois.

There is always something armed with flags that we need to transport!

We decided to get a quick lunch so we could get to work right away when we got back. We went to Arby's - (Burger King had an ambulance in their lot) - and if you have your pencil and paper handy - mark it! Lunch sucked. Crappy meal number three!

When we got back we ran into some issues - of course! What would working on the cabin without issues be? The electrical needed to be moved. Since the cabin is made of logs, there is no space to run the wiring and it needs to be surface mounted. To not interfere with the layout of the tile, the tile design had to be adjusted. The electrical was moved a little easier and although redesigning did cause me to have a bit of an emotional moment - it was worth it and we saved a little money on using less tiles. Carlo studded out the window opening and covered it with plywood. It is almost ready to be covered with pine and a tiled backsplash!

The old stainless sink, green counters, hole in the wall from the previous window - covered with the cranberry blind - are soon to be gone - FOREVER! What's funny is that when we first bought the cabin, we liked the kitchen and then we ended up hating it!

Short of the long - after several interuptions; visits with our neighbors, three seperate visitors -the electrical and the installation of the pine tongue and groove boards was complete and we decided to call it quits until morning. Can't work on electric in the dark! We had snacks and left over Arby's - tally is up to four for the sucky food consumption. One can only hope tomorrow will go better!