focusing on the positive

The kitchen is starting to look a lot different already. But we had to add something to the list.  There are always unexpected things that come up and for us it was this.

We decided to move our upper cabinets up a few inches and when we took one down we found this behind it. It's some kind of glossy paneling so I don't know how easy it's going to be to paint. And the walls have a texture on them so now we have to either scrap the texture off OR texture to the part we'll be uncovering. I'm a little discouraged by this. So, I'm just focusing on the progress we've made instead of all that's left to do.

Andrew worked so hard tonight and I think he's beat now. But it paid off because he got all of the linoleum up. {Thanks a lot baby!} And I got the base cabinets and doors primed. And I should be able to start painting them tomorrow. I've never painted cabinets before so I'm a little afraid I won't be able to make it look good.
We also went to Lowe's tonight and got a few things for laying the tile, including a wet saw. We still have to pick a color for grout but then we'll be ready to get the floor down.
Tomorrow is the last day we'll get to work on it this week. We are going to be leaving Friday right after work to go to OK for Grandma Johnson's 90th birthday. We'll lose 3 or 4 days so we'll have to really work a lot next week to stay on track.
As for the staircase...I'm not sure it will be done by my birthday.  But as long as we keep working on it when we can, I'll be okay with that.  Maybe it can by my Christmas present.

I took pictures of the kitchen but my computer says there is an I/O device error when I try to get them from the SD card. So, Andrew will have to figure that out for me and I'll post them later.