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First step in painting our 80's oak cabinets

Well, I FINALLY bit the bullet and decided to paint my kitchen cabinets.  I've been thinking about doing it for a long time but just the thought was way too overwhelming.  We have LOTS of cabinets and drawers and I just knew it would be a project too big for me. I  have never liked the 80's oak.  Lamar had a painter friend look at them and he said it would be a huge job.  I just haven't had the nerve.  Well, last week, this happened: I noticed our floor was buckling in front of our refridgerator.  Lamar knew there was a leak under the fridge and that it had to be moved to find out what was going on. Well, the cabinets were sitting right on top of the fridge.  I mean right on top!! There wasn't even a 1/10 inch to spare (couldn't even fit a piece of paper between the cabinets and fridge...this fridge came with the house..now we know why) so Lamar had to take the cabinets off to move the fridge. Turns out, something spilled and it went under th...
Wow, it's once again been such a long time since I've blogged! I wanted to write about my used (new to me) car that I got.  I absolutely LOVE it and feel like God just gave me such a great gift! First of all, I have never driven a car as long as I drove my van.  I used to always lease cars because I liked having a new car every 2 years. I know that's a little spoiled but that's how I was. I guess I grew out of that because I had my van for 5 years.  I loved that car.  It just had everything I loved.  I love Hondas so much, too. They are so reliable and fun to drive so I didn't plan on getting rid of that car until it stopped driving, which as a Honda that would have been a LONG time.  Well, after we got back from the beach at the end of May, I noticed our car had a funny smell.  Macy and Hannah would complain about the smell of the van but I had never noticed it before.  It smelled like an old house to me.  I could still handle the smell to ...