After much delay and anticipation, and a little bit of controversy, the new window is now in place, thanks to our handyman/friend Shawn! He was here Tuesday afternoon and yesterday from 9 until 7 to take out three windows and put in the one new double. It is MUCH smaller than I had hoped (we lose the light equivalent of one window), but it was as big as we could make it without going custom size and still be able to fit enough cabinets in there. I do have to admit I am a little disappointed. I was hoping I’d be able to see more of the backyard and that it would bring in more light in than it does (but it will lighten up once we have white cabinets in). Anyway, I am so glad to be done with the old windows. And it does look perfect from the outside. So, I know it’s a good size. The room just looks so big and empty without any cabinets!

We did end up placing it dead center. The cabinet people we’ve been working with at TCN called the day before and asked us to hold off on installing it so that we could maybe move it this way or that a few inches to accommodate a layout they were working on. But, we met with them and we were able to come up with a layout we all were happy with, where we could keep it dead center. It meant moving the fridge, which esthetically is a better choice. It might be slightly less ideal functionally, but it also gives us more flexibility with the size and type of fridge (and we can actually keep our old one for a while instead of having to buy a new one right away so we can defray that cost for now).

In other news, my house is a MESS. I stopped even trying to keep up with it this week … and I kinda regret it. Now there is dirt tracked everywhere. It’s raining today so if I thought it was muddy in here yesterday after I mopped (not that you’d know it this morning!), just wait until we get through today!