Living
with Jim and Gayle
November, 2025
We have ordered new kitchen cabinets. They are just stock cabinets from Lowes. They should be delivered the middle of December. Once delivered, the installer will inspect them for damage. If there isn't any damage then we will be scheduled for installation. We can't order the countertops until after the cabinets are installed. Once the remodel starts, we will be without a functioning kitchen for about a month (ugh).
We bought all new stainless steel appliances (induction cooktop/convection oven, refrigerator/freezer, and dishwasher).
We bought the stove off of Marketplace so Jim had to wrestle it into the truck and then into the house. He also had to change the power cord. The refrigerator and dishwasher were delivered. Jim installed the dishwasher.
We got three quotes for painting the house exterior. All three quoted us into January or February. We chose the one that said they could get to it in January. With that kind of delay, Jim decided he had time to box in the rest of the water pipes that run along the outside of the house. He bought all of the wood he'd need. I did a base coat on the narrow pieces.
Before Jim could rip the plywood and get going, the painter messaged to say he had an opening the two days after Thanksgiving. After discussing it more, he ended up power washing the house on Thanksgiving morning, prepped the house on Friday, and painted on Saturday. Enclosing the pipes will now have to wait.
Finished house.
With the house freshly painted, the priority is installing gutters. I painted the fascia boards last year thinking that Jim would put the gutters up last year. It didn't happen. Now it is a priority. The rain, when it comes, comes down hard and floods around the house foundation.
The termites are back (or probably they never left). They built an "exploratory tube" from the kitchen ceiling. It is in almost the exact same place where they built one last year. Of course, they started one month past the termite spraying "warranty". Late Thanksgiving day, the termites swarmed into the house. Apparently, the power washing of the house disturbed them. We spent the evening vacuuming them up. After dark, they stopped coming in. We can't get the termite guy in for another week.
We had a very nice Thanksgiving, inviting friends, Mike and Libby, over for dinner. The weather was really nice so we were able to have dessert outside.
Relaxed Bo.
