The kitchen gets a floor

My kitchen cabinets have been lonely for quite a while now. They got installed in April, and every night I go to sleep to the sound of them whimpering. You see, they've been missing their friend Floor. They used to play with Floor all the time, and sometimes they'd play tricks on Floor by dropping pickles or ice cream or dry rice on it. Man, those were good times. Or so they told me.

I thought that if I ignored the cabinets for a while, eventually they'd quit asking me to get them a new Floor. Well, they wore me down, and so today I finally gave them what they asked for. Here's some photographic evidence.








Now I'll finally be able to get some sleep without those cabinets bothering me. Although I think I hear them murmuring about their old friends the Appliances. This'll never end.

A Trip to the Lake

We enjoyed the classic Barnhart treatment of a hot day today by picking up a pizza and heading for the lake. We made sure to sit in open sun just in case we cooled off before we could go for a dip. It was still plenty hot for a swim, and a dip in Lake Superior was just the thing to cool down. The kids were also enjoying their newfound skills after graduating from this summer's swim lessons.


And what would a swim be without time to play in the sand?