Monday, May 26, 2008

Ahhh... this sound brings joy to my heart.

The sound to which I am referring is the sound of a relatively quiet DISHWASHER! ...A real dishwasher to call my own! It is like music to my ears. I wasn't going to put this kitchen remodel post on until we tile the floor, (hopefully this will be done while I'm out of town next week,) but I just couldn't wait to tell you all how excited I am that I have a [permanent] dishwasher now! We're running it now for the first time! And I love it. We've never actually lived in a place - aside from my parent's and inlaw's homes - where we've had this beautiful appliance! Praise be to the DISHWASHER!!!! (and the inventor of such a fabulous helper of humans and wives.)

BEFORE
(as you can see, we did have a dishwasher - and it did a good job cleaning, but it was incredibly loud - and portable, if you couldn't tell. And you'd have to hook it up to the sink so you can't use the sink the whole time it was going, and we didn't want to leave it hooked up all day - so I wanted to be home, and it was always hard to time and everything. Maybe I'm being dramatic, but it was a HUGE pain in the butt for us - I mean, it was better than nothing. But still...)

Now it is a little more evident as to why I've always hated doing the dishes, right?

AFTER I'm LOVIN' IT! THANK YOU ECONOMIC STIMULUS CHECK! :)
PS - stay tuned for pics of the tile in a few weeks.



And for fun - I'll throw in some of the silly pics we took while taking out the sink and the stove top.


Spence is obviously confused. But he's cute while doing that - so I'd say it's okay.

8 comments:

[BrookeO] said...

I love it. AND SO TOTALLY AMEN TO A DISHWASHER. It looks great and I can't wait to see it in person, you know up close and personal and all. I know you have been dying to have this done. I am so glad that it now is and oh man, with tile in there it is going to be sweeeeet!!!

Love the pics.

The Allred Family said...

I am so excited for you! You are going to love doing dishes now, right? Seriously, when you have nice things to clean with it makes it much more do-able. And did you get new countertops? It looks like it. And spence looks like a total blonde in that pic, what's up with that???? YEAH for dishwashers!!! You deserve it!

Kristin said...

Yeah!! It looks wonderful. Caleb saw the pictures of a work in progress and asked if he could come play in the hole in the counter.

kateworthi said...

Yep. We got new counters too. They are really nice looking. I forgot to put it, but hoped people would figure it out. It was definitely the bulk of the expense, even though they were cheap. We love it!

Rachel said...

YAY!! I'm glad you got a great dishwasher! That is the absolute BEST kitchen device ever. I went without one for about a year before and some after I had Kate and it was the WORST!

busymomof5 said...

I am with you on the dishwasher!!! Makes a huge difference in the time it takes to do dishes! Even my kids don't mind doing the dishes every once in awhile now, in fact Parker did them today without being asked!

Hannah Stayner said...

Isnt home improvement the best! It looks fabulous!

JoAnna said...

SO beautiful!!!! The countertops are gorgeous! You have such good taste. Another thing I love about you! and those last pics crack me up! LOL