Kitchen Demo

Sunday 11/1/09

After picking up our bed frame and returning the trailer that we had expected to return 12 hours ago we got home and started kitchen demolition. I’d say the total cabinet demo and stove removal took about 4.5 hours. After the unsuccessful removal of a few of the laminate tiles in the kitchen we rented a laminate ripper upper machine (not-so-official name) from Home Depot and finished removing the gross floor from the kitchen and the laminate from the 3rd bedroom.

For those concerned with the kitties, they’re doing well. Toby takes this kind of life transition a little harder than Sydney, but is doing ok. Since we were planning on keeping them in one room until after the kitchen was completely cleared and cleaned we set them up in our bedroom. We let them explore the house for a little bit, but Toby didn’t want any of it. He preferred to stay in the room and hang out in his carrier until either Jonathan or I entered the room to reassure him that everything was ok. Sydney on the other hand is all about exploring her new place. My guess is that it will take Toby close to a week to start to get comfortable. Eventually we will let them out into our backyard, but not for at least a month or more. I’d like for them to figure out this is their home for good before letting them out into the big bad world.