Thoughts From a Frazzled Mind

 It all began as an idea for a Christmas gift.  Shandra came up with the idea and recruited Kim and Tasha to join in.  For some reason, they believed that I needed a new kitchen floor.  Could it be that they didn't like the look of the duct tape holding the linoleum in place? Shandra picked out absolutely beautiful flooring, and I got all excited to start installing it.  But WAIT!  As I started looking around the rest of the kitchen - this is what I saw.  Green cabinets with disgustingly filthy handles and brown laminate counter tops with several burn mark scars. This cabinet lost a door several years ago!  Kim said that we were starting a new trend, but I didn't agree! I have always hated that fact that my counter top space was so limited, and oft times things got lost in this pantry. Of course I couldn't put new flooring in a kitchen in such a pathetic state, so we marched right down and ordered new cabinets, counter tops, a ne...

Bubba just loves superheros - and their sidekicks! He got a set of costumes for Christmas and wears them all of the time! Today he was Robin - Batman's sidekick, and he wanted to pose for the camera! Bam! Zow! Zoink! Shandra and Tasha gave me new flooring for Christmas. It was a TERRIFIC gift! My linoleum had several holes in it which were covered by rugs and duct tape! I was soooo excited to install the new floor - but - when I looked at the cabinets I decided that I just couldn't put a new floor in with my cabinets looking so bad. So - one thing lead to another and soon my entire kitchen was torn apart and everything was piled high in the living room. Mert and Dan came over and helped me tear out the old flooring. Mark helped Kim install the new french door. And of course, David was here throughout as the resident expert on everything! Unfortunately, right in the middle of the mess, Kim severely sprained his ankle at work. Almost done! We still need to install th...