Signed Away

Finally...we just signed the contracts for the cabinet people. Now I have a deadline before they come in: first week of June. I could get it done, right? Ulp

Mad, Foaming At The Mouth

So I'm thinking maybe it's a good thing I didn't spray foam the insulation myself. I had Foamworks (nice guys, good company, I recommend especially since they were willing to do the "cash deal") do the insulation today.

I was trying hard to suppress my laughter, because the guy spraying prolly has been doing it for too long. See, the smell of the spray foam seems pretty toxic. The guy spraying? He seemed a little...off. Didn't help he looked like a mad scientist as well.

We may have paid a few hundred dollars premium, but I think it was worth it.

So what's left?

Electricaldrywallplumbingcabinetscountertoppaintingbacksplashpayingoffthedebt.

Yikes

It's An Open And Shut Case Of Cabinet Doors

1. It's gonna take a long time to get done because the plans have to be revised again, and once it's all finalized it's going to take 8-10 weeks

2. It's gonna be esssssspensive

3. Apparently we're not going to beat the HST price, which really sucks (oh yeah, and our designer says the letter H like this: "hey-ch". Sharon is annoyed by that, which makes me laugh)

4. I still have a lot of stuffs to do before the actual cabinets come in. Luckily, the spray foam insulation guy should be coming tomorrow, thus I'm (hoping) to do some drywall by this weekend. Right. Let's see how well that goes

5. Our backs are going to continue to get sore because washing dishes at a laundry sink? Not good times

Git (Gr)Out Of Here!

So I haven't complained about the kitchen in a while. But what complaining could I possibly do? I just finished the grouting, and it doesn't look half-bad. Unfortunately, 96% or more of the work I've done is not even going to be seen because the cabinets will be over it. Ah well, at least I'll know what's under it.

Just like when the (frikin' expensive) spray foam insulation guys come here in a few days. I better take a lot of pictures

Flying Fist Of Fury To My Forearm

Damn juicehead at the gym accidently punched me on the forearm while playing ball. Oh how it smarts.

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Have you ever started walking, and then realized something was in your shoe? It's annoying. So I was walking this morning and felt something uncomfortable in there. I thought my sock was all bunched up. I finally had a chance to take off my shoe, and lo and behold, it was...a quarter! I'm going to think this is good luck, and it is a sign that I will soon walk into money.

Yeah, right

Ninong's Full

So it was baby boy's Baptism today, and he looked awesome in his white linen outfit.

The party afterwards was ridicurous in the amount of food (figures, Marie is Italian afterall). In fact, it was my only meal of the day.

When we got home, I went running. With Sharon (!). We ran for 2km straight...hopefully we keep this up. It's nice to do things with your spouse every once in a while. Oh, right, and I should prolly start running more often considering I have the 10km race in about two months. Yikes

Off By Three Hours (Of Course)

So I started tiling my kitchen floor in the morning, thinking I could get it done before noon.

Fail!

BaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaM!

Ever have one of those meals that was so good, you kept saying "omg, this so good" while you're eating it, and then you feel so sad when it's done?

I just had one of those. A lamb roti from Alima's. I love lamb

Changes A Happening

Big changes at work yet again. My Supervisor, who told everyone she is not going for the Manager position, did go for it and now got it. So that now means her position is open. Uh-oh...time to think again

PeePee Monster!

So funny thing happened in the middle of last night: I went to the bathroom (well, that's not the funny part). Unbeknownst to me, Sharon got up a few seconds after I did (she didn't recognize I left the bed), and proceeded to need to use the washroom as well.

Well, I was already standing there when she opened the door and screamed "AHHHH", which of course scared the hell out of the both of us. I screamed at her, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?!?" (although I really did get startled and it was just a natural instinct because she consistently screams that way to me). She replied, "I have to go pee!" I said, "well me too!"

So she used the other washroom. I'm just really glad I wasn't in mid-stream when it happened, otherwise it might've been a disaster.

Good news to this? I went back to our bed thinking, "great, now I only have a few more minutes before I have to get up" (because I usually get up to go to the washroom a few minutes before I have to wake up). My body even felt ready to go to the gym. But what time did this happen? 1:00am! I was so happy I had four more hours of sleep

Goodpella

So I'm really digging the new Vinyl 95.3FM...lots of good oldies. Here are the songs in particular I get excited about when I hear them play it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw9fsAP9GkQ (from one of my all-time favourite movies)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM5RlrvNE6o (I especially like the last part of the song where they get all girly with the "hold me in your loving arms babeeeee". Possibly because I'm a homo)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAxlmdTJ7S8 (okay, maybe I'm too '80s. Whatever, I'm a strange aminal)

Ever Have One Of Those Days?

I think I just did

Xavier's Lola Is Funny

My mother talking to Xavier, upon recognizing his baby acne: "why do you have pimples? Are you in love?"

Yuckra

Why do people eat okra? I went to the in-laws for dinner, and they were serving okra. I had some, but I was left wondering (as I always do whenever I see okra): why exactly do people eat okra?

The taste is not that pleasant, the texture is fuzzy and it's like chewing...phlegm.

And then I realized that I eat diniguan whenever I'm at a Filipino party, so maybe I shouldn't really say anything

ADH...What Now? Butterfly!!!

So for one reason or another, I took this ADHD test online today. Unsurprisingly, I scored a "high probability of having adult ADHD", whatever that means (I didn't really read too much into it. Yes, I realize how fitting that is).

One of the questions was "Do you consistently daydream?" I felt I was lying when I answered, because there was nothing higher than "all the time".

I should control that

Is It The Weekend Already?

Sweet!

So what would I be doing this weekend? Well, what you're going to hear me say for the foreseeable future: kitchen

Bamboozeled

So some peeps at work are leaving for maternity leave soon, and they decided to have a going-away lunch at Moxie's. So of course I go to Bamboo Gardens (lol).

Haven't been there for a long while. Still the cheap, filling, and maybe not-so-good-tasting food.

I wish I had more time. That's all

It's A Reunion!

So I'm gonna go walk Rozzymaboo for the first time in a while. And good timing too! I just ate wings 'n wedges 'n iced tea.

Ugh

New Convenient Excuse

I'm blaming the lack of progress on the kitchen on: work!

Man, it really cuts a lot of hours out of my day. Oh, and I also looked into how much sprayfoam insulation would cost. Holy crap!

Garbageman

So I took the day off and dumped all the crap from the kitchen reno. Took two van-loads to get it all there. My back is sort of sore as a result of it.

Looks like we've settled on AyA kitchens for the cabinets. Now then, all the other things that has to be done to get this reno going...