remodeling is such hard work...who knew?

I had no idea that my exciting plans for our home would be such hard work, for me. Yesterday, I took a sick day from work. I had a horrible cold and sounded awful. I spent the afternoon moving our china from our family room (where it has resided in the hideous brown closet thing which Carl will be taking down this weekend) to our dining room buffett. I had ordered felt plate dividers and carefully divided all of the plates, saucers and serving dishes. The bummer, I have only begun to scratch the surface of what is in the hideous brown closet. It has been a repository for the past few years and is filled with items that have no home. Carl and I will need to work on that tonight so that he can take it down tomorrow night so that it can go to the dump on Saturday.

Then, two nights ago, Carl is discussing with me the best time to set up our kitchen remodel. Of course, we have to wait until the contractor can get the cabinets in, etc. I instantly decide the sooner the better. Carl tells me to look at my calendar since it will take a little bit of time to completely clear all of the kitchen items out of the kitchen. Sheesh...I never really thought about needing to move all of our pots, pans, plates, food, etc. from our kitchen. I guess I just assumed that the new kitchen would be built magically around our existing items (eventhough many of them will be moving dramatically).

Still excited, just a bit more daunted.....