We enjoy Albuquerque and the ride down. The topography is change after change after change as we drive south. We begin in the forest, drive to NM through sage brush and the Ute Reservation. On to oil and gas country, more sage flats, cool rocks in into the city. There is definitely a bit of desperate country between Durango and Albuquerque.
We are in Albuquerque for a neurology appointment for Russ. Most recently we have been slammed with the reality of Parkinson's, drug side effects and limitations. Russ has fallen many times, but thankfully no lasting injuries. He is so disappointed that he can't be more involved in the kitchen remodel. So we will have lots to discuss with his amazing doctor Amanda at UNM today. We enjoy Albuquerque and the ride down. The topography is change after change after change as we drive south. We begin in the forest, drive to NM through sage brush and the Ute Reservation. On to oil and gas country, more sage flats, cool rocks in into the city. There is definitely a bit of desperate country between Durango and Albuquerque.
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It was such fun to walk into the kitchen after work! It is all sheet rocked and ready for the tile backsplash. It feels so good. It looks modern. The space will be 'of' the open floor plan, but completely set apart. I am definitely going to like it. There is wood flooring under all that protective flooring. Right now I can't quite wrap my head around how different and bright it will be. We have always had dark cupboards. I grew up with dark cupboards. White will be a huge change; we were right to choose white though. As Russ' stability continues to deteriorate, white/light will offer a new level of safety. Jay and Matt, we thank you for all your great work.
Jay and Matt had a busy day. I didn't get home from work until dusk so the photos had to be taken with work lights and the coloring is off a bit.
Today the shortened wall got sheet rocked on the kitchen side. They also worked on the new ceiling look which also got sheet rocked. I am very excited about that! Our house has gone through many remodels since it was built in 1980 and there were/are some unusual 'glitches'. One was the transition from the dining room ceiling to the kitchen. The ceiling line just stopped! The textures were different. It looked like the easy cheap way was taken. Now we have the opportunity to change that and the guys came up with a wonderful solution: extended soffits over the counters that will have the can lights and soffits at both end which will visually 'close in' the kitchen. They also did the less than glamorous job of some plumbing. Here in Colorado most people have crawl spaces vs. cellars. Our crawl space is not a job you want to be tagged with. Dirt floor, you have to crawl and in this case the 'job site' was on the far side of the house from the entrance, a long crawl. Ingenuity and self preservation took over… they cut a hole in the floor and slipped down to do the work. The flooring photo was just for fun. That special piece of flooring was buried under layers of other flooring. It is a dull brown and reminds me of dinosaur toe nails… and old dinosaur at that! |
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