Our new appliances came yesterday and look absolutely gorgeous. We chose an entire set of black to match the existing island stove top and tile backsplash. It would not be my signature style per se (i think I have swooned over these appliances once before…) but definitely right for this room. The salesman neglected to mention the stove would need a conversion from regular gas to LP so that needs to be handled yet. And the fridge stopped cooling midday. So, we seem to be about par for the course for us ; ) I swear. I have a 25 year old dinged up, rusting fridge outside that has never had a problem. Ever. Buy old. Old is better.

Speaking of buying old – the desk is (re)finished! The little boys put on the new hardware while the kitchen was out of order yesterday. Still no iphoto but I took pics for that long hoped-for day of digital restoration.

Allen flew in late last night and Colin moves into his dorm today. The little boys were up at 6 doing the Daddy’s Home dance. We have plans to smother them both all weekend Will catch you on the flip side.