We have been to church, and we will join Craig, Cassie, Greta, and Cassie's parents for dinner later on today. There were other plans that involved other family get-togethers, but I think we all decided we were tired, and we had had plenty of family togetherness lately.
Ken and I spent three nights in Prosser after we left Spokane to afford us some time for wine-tasting and wine-buying. We were finally able to make arrangements to have someone meet us at Steppe Cellars which is way out in the country and this time of year (as is true with many other wineries)there is no one at the tasting room. This winery has a female German winemaker, and we especially love the white wines, so we made it worth their while to meet us there.
Nephew Joel and wife, Shawna, were in the area this past week, so they came and stayed with us on Thursday night. We haven't seen them since before they were married one year ago last December (theirs is the wedding we missed because the entire state was buried in snow) so we were thrilled that they came to see us. Shawna teaches math at one of the Spokane community colleges so she had this past week off. Joel works for Honeywell, but he wishes he could spend all of his waking hours at their property in Clayton where he is building their 'shome'. The building is about 60' x 40' with the lower level all shop and the upper level living space.
Craig and Chuck, our contractor, were here having a beer when we arrived home on Thursday afternoon, which is appropriate since they have been the masterminds and worker bees for the kitchen remodel. The cabinets, the countertops and backsplash and the big archway into the dining room are all beautiful. Chuck is the best of the best. His workmanship and business management are so awesome that I would like to have him build a house for me.
I love the knotty alder wood for the cabinets although I am a bit disappointed with the kitchen planner with some of the things we ended up with. Do not ever ever ever let a kitchen designer talk you into corner cabinets that form right angles with hinged doors. They are a nightmare to open and close, and a blind corner would be far better. And do not let a kitchen designer plunk 12" wide cabinets into small spaces. A 12" wide cabinet is useless. Leave the wall space open and hang a calendar with hunky men on it!!!
It has been rainy and cool to cold since we got home, but I think that was my mantra while we were in Arizona so nothing has changed. I'm sure we will see some warmer dryer weather sometime soon.
Upon reflecting over the past three weeks that included a family death and funeral, I see the silver lining in that it afforded us as a family to connect and reconnect, and I'm sure many of us will stay in closer touch in the future. Give your loved ones a hug and let them know how much they mean to you.
Ciao
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