Steve and I are tired. It's only been 2 weeks of work on the house – not long as this sort of remodel goes. We've made progress. But as the list of things still to do keeps growing we are trying not to fray under the pressure. And we are both feeling the pressure to do our actual jobs.

It's really hot – day after day of temps over 100. I was driving down our street yesterday and it looked like someone had layed a flaming torch by the curb. I slowed down, looked more closely, and saw that it was the business end of a weed whacker that was on fire. The owner was running for a hose. I should have taken a picture but was too slow. See – it's hot! I get cranky when I get hot so it's good that I'm mostly working inside. It's still hot, but not as bad as the garage where Steve has been working.

I'm in Lawton, OK, now and will teach a 2-day class beginning tomorrow. Then I go on to Duncan, OK, to teach and lecture there. Steve is home, still toiling away. This is where I left it:

I've got the priming done on the base cabinets. This kitchen doesn't look that big, does it? However, it has hundreds of cabinet doors! I'm exagerating, but as Steve was stripping them and I was painting them, it felt like hundreds. Here are many of them with the primer coat. We're putting on the finish coats when I get home.

These are the last of the drawers. Steve was stripping them as I drove away…

I got the base cabinets in the bathroom finished! If you look closely above the sink you might see pne of the little mirror brackets. I lost an hour this morning because I bought a great mirror – 24 x 30 and 1/4" thick. With a decorative groove! I got the brackets up, opened the mirror and saw that it came with it's own hanging aparatus that did not work in this bathroom because of the hole for the old medicine cabinet. Darn!

I took the mirror back to Lowe's, hunted for a replacement. There wasn't one. Went to Home Depot. Nothing there. Finally called the local glass company and will pick up a mirror next week. No decorative groove but it will fit and be nice. And the brackets are up and ready to go. Simplicity is good.

That's the update. I do hope that when I get home on Tuesday night we are both feeling better.