Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...

As I was reading the last few entries of our blog, I noticed a pattern...

It has snowed or iced at least 3 of the last 4 weekends. And guess what it is doing right now as I write this? It's snowing. And guess what it is supposed to do tomorrow morning? You guessed it! You would think from reading our blog that Missouri is covered in about 10 feet of snow right now, but the snow and ice is just coming in little bits at a time--enough to make for treacherous driving conditions for about a day or two--then it warms up for a couple of days and melts. Then it starts again, just in time for the weekend.

Last weekend, we knew another snowstorm was coming, but through sheer determination (we ARE going to get those cabinets painted) and a little bit of stupidity (it won't be THAT bad), we decided to "beat" the storm. So we got up early, loaded up the family, and headed to the house.

We got started painting the cabinets while Max played and, by some miracle, he decided to take a 3-hour nap. We took that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to FINISH painting the kitchen cabinets (woohoo!). Joe finished painting the doors while I worked on the cabinets on the wall.

Yep, I'm sitting on the windowsill with my feet in the kitchen sink.

There will likely be a little touching-up to do and we need to re-attach the doors and install new knobs and pulls. But the picture below may give you a little taste of what it will look like when it is finished.
Those of you who have been following our blog know that--working at our pace--these finishing touches will probably take at least a month. But somehow it feels "done" and that feels really good. The kitchen was the last room to paint downstairs. All that's left is the small entry downstairs (which will, as you remember, require removing and stripping trim) and two bedrooms upstairs (which we won't paint until we have some construction done). So we can put down the paintbrushes...at least for a little while.

And while we were triumphantly painting the cabinets, it started to rain. And then it got colder and started to ice. And then it got even colder and started to snow. By the time we left, this was the scene in downtown Lathrop
It was a slow drive home, but we made it safe and sound. We were supposed to go out to dinner that night with some friends, but our sitter couldn't make it with the nasty weather. So, we put the baby to bed, cracked open a bottle of wine, and watched the snow fall while we basked in the glory of completing the painting portion of our kitchen.