What's hot in the kitchen?

So here's the progress on our kitchen project! We started last weekend. After clearing out the cabinets (and finding things I didn't know we had) and moving all our wares into the living room and our laundry room-turned-kitchen, Dad and Kevin started ripping down the old cabinets and countertops. After that, down came this old wallboard that Dad told us they used to sell pre-wallpapered. Wow - I can't understand why that fad didn't last.

We always seem to find something interesting in these projects. This time we hit on a letter from a law office about a suit and 10 steps to doing CPR.

After some planning about electric, heat and layout, Dad, Dennis and Kevin got cracking on building soffits and prepping a wall for drywall. Dad and Frank were here on Tuesday night and when I got home from PT, they had already finished the soffit, installed the first parts of the recessed lighting and vented the stove hood. WOW!! I mostly did the unskilled labor such as sweeping, carrying and piling trash. Hey, it's not glamorous, but someone has to do it!

We are moving on at a fast clip and are planning on starting drywall this weekend. Wish us luck!