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Current mood:

We are nearing the finish line! After today, I believe in their end of Friday or noon Saturday estimated delivery date!

Before I get into today, I have to show off my breakfast. Long-time readers know how much I love a tomato sandwich for breakfast and enjoyed tomato toast when I was in Spain. I picked up a baguette from a bicycle cart vendor last night on my way home from Pilates in anticipation of using up some cherry tomatoes and panela cheese I had in the fridge. I started with a layer of garlic butter, then added the tomatoes and cheese before broiling. Came out divine!

First order of business today was measuring the hole for the stove and then building out a counter:

More painting happened and I am thrilled with how that yellow looks next to the green.

Surround and countertops just need their finish coat (and I need to know why the new counter is so much higher than the old one — goof or the counters are going to have more finish coat than I expected? … 15 minutes later, after curiosity made me pull out a tape measure: the new one is the correct height, so I guess the finish coat is going to be thicker than expected).

The new sink is actually going to have a smaller footprint than the old sink with the drainboard:

More happiness (and I’m not just talking about the paint):