Update without pictures

... b/c I'm too lazy to upload the pictures and sort them and it's getting late and I have to meet with the contractor and electrician tomorrow at he house in the morning which means I have to get up extra early to drop the kids off at the babysitter's. But I decided to put in an entry anyways, besides the fact that I haven't for a long long time.

Kitchen - we wanted to just move the dishwasher to beside the sink but part of the countertop will have to be cut off and refinished which leads to

'we're better off just get new countertops considering the labor that will require to make it look ok'

to

'we're really better off to get new cabinets (at least the lower ones) to have the new countertops on since again it'll take a lot of work cut, secure, refinish, etc. to make it look ok'

to

'we're better off to get new upper cabinets as well since it'll take a lot of work to make it match the lower cabinets'.

So that was how our meeting with the kitchen cabinets' guy went. I don't think we're being upsold. I'm comfortable with our decision. So let's move on.

A change of subject - after reading a bunch of posts on Nie Nie's blog I feel very much inspired to treasure motherhood especially while my kids are still young. I hear a lot of encouraging pronouncements (in many places like the radio, tv...) of how being a mother is the hardest job and an important job and so on but to be truthful deep down I'd always thought when my kids are old enough that is when I will get myself a job and hopefully build a career and then I would show myself to be a respectable and responsible person, that I'd be doing my best to be independent and making more tangible/measurable contribution to the family especially financially. Nie Nie's blog changed my outlook. I feel like I can finally embrace motherhood as my high calling. I've accepted that this is what God's plan for me is and it's just as good as any other of God's plans. I'm not saying that I've decided never to get a job outside of the home, if it happens it happens, I'm saying that my attitude has changed and I'm no longer looking into the future but I'm looking into the now and focusing on making the most of it. My kisses, hugs, and love are worth a lot more than I'd thought. It's the best of me and I want to give the best that I can to my children!