Shopping

Walt Kowalski and I each things we needed at the everything store. 

What is the everything store?  You know that big store that has everything.  You need a pair of shoes, they have it.  You need coffee and bread? They have it. Need tires?  Got that, too. They have everything.  You don't want to go to the everything store, but you have to go to the everything store.  They have everything. 

We each had a short list and compared those lists.  Walt Kowalski needed rubber gloves and wanted to look at the ammunition.  I needed plastic wrap and baggies that zip. 

He looked at me and then looked at our list and said "You know, we're just one roll of duct tape away from the checker thinking we have plans to commit a terrible crime." 

I looked at our list in a different light and agreed.  "Maybe we should check out separately." 

Luckily, like always, we bought other things at the everything store that that there was no suspiciousness.  

We haven't *exactly* started demo on the front house yet.  We're still finishing up outside seasonal things here at the Cat Ranch. Putting away furniture, empting flower pots, removing tiki torches, wrapping the swing, and picking up sticks in the yard always takes more time than I expect. 

One thing we have done is salvage everything possible from the front house.  Using parts for blinds, wood from the trim, doors from the bedrooms, pipes from the sink.  When we need parts, that's the first place to look. 

The kitchen cabinets weren't in good enough kitchen to reuse in a kitchen (and they smelled like stinky food, smoke, and pet odor) but they were good enough for a garage.  Or a shed.  Walt Kowalski wanted to use the kitchen cabinets in Shedzilla. 

We removed a large base cabinet with counter top, a small 12 inch cabinet, and four wall cabinets.

 
We removed these wall cabinets, but kept the sink base and sink for now.  When we are ready to remove the sink base, we'll cut the countertop straight around the sink and Walt Kowalski will have additional countertop to use as a work bench in the shed.

This kitchen is small and will eventually become the laundry room.  The room to the left will become the kitchen and dining room.  But that's just a preview of what is to come.