le weekend: scallops, cabinets, birthdays
The weekend began with a lovely seafood grill on the deck. Bacon-wrapped scallops, jumbo shrimp, corn, Andrew's cole slaw. I picked up some steak kabobs for Andrew since he's not so keen on scallops. Dario came over, which is always nice. He and Andrew are becoming better friends and Pat really likes him. He [Dario] had never had magic shell [?!], so we had ice cream for dessert and introduced him to our homemade version, which he liked.
Saturday Pat and I were off for Lego birthday presents, PJs, sandals and groceries.
He saw this shirt [but in brown] and loved it, so I caved and spent eight dollars on a new T-shirt!!! lol
Meanwhile, Andrew was pulling off the wall cabinets in the kitchen---the renovation has begun!
Well, I suppose it began earlier in the week when we started taking out the island and cabinets over the fridge. But this felt as though we were serious, lol.
He also started chiseling off some of the backsplash tiles, but since we'll have to replace the drywall anyway, he's just gonna cut the wall around the tiles. Later in the afternoon, he and Dario went to get the boxes of bamboo flooring [in wheat] that were ready to pick up. Our garage is just about full of boxes of new kitchen cabinets from Ikea, old cabinets destined for Freecycle, and wood flooring, lol. I want to leave from for the fridge and oven as well, just in case we can't sell them out of the house before we order the new ones.
I will post the requisite Before pictures as soon as I can get them online. =)
Sunday was a double birthday party day---Pat's friend and cousin. I hope we don't have to do that again, or rather, I don't want to have to do that again. Part of two parties isn't as fun as just missing one, but getting all of another. In any case, gave Violet the poncho and I'm sure she'll love it; she's outgrown the cardigan from birthday #1. A certain somebody also liked it a lot though...might have to knit an adult one too. =)
Saturday Pat and I were off for Lego birthday presents, PJs, sandals and groceries.
He saw this shirt [but in brown] and loved it, so I caved and spent eight dollars on a new T-shirt!!! lol
Meanwhile, Andrew was pulling off the wall cabinets in the kitchen---the renovation has begun!
Well, I suppose it began earlier in the week when we started taking out the island and cabinets over the fridge. But this felt as though we were serious, lol.
He also started chiseling off some of the backsplash tiles, but since we'll have to replace the drywall anyway, he's just gonna cut the wall around the tiles. Later in the afternoon, he and Dario went to get the boxes of bamboo flooring [in wheat] that were ready to pick up. Our garage is just about full of boxes of new kitchen cabinets from Ikea, old cabinets destined for Freecycle, and wood flooring, lol. I want to leave from for the fridge and oven as well, just in case we can't sell them out of the house before we order the new ones.
I will post the requisite Before pictures as soon as I can get them online. =)
Sunday was a double birthday party day---Pat's friend and cousin. I hope we don't have to do that again, or rather, I don't want to have to do that again. Part of two parties isn't as fun as just missing one, but getting all of another. In any case, gave Violet the poncho and I'm sure she'll love it; she's outgrown the cardigan from birthday #1. A certain somebody also liked it a lot though...might have to knit an adult one too. =)