Kitchen Remodel - Day 2

Today the electrician, plumber and sheetrock guys came to prepare things for the cabinets to go in. The hole in the ceiling is happily gone.

See that little extension in the soffit. Yeah. Since the new cabinets stick out a bit farther than the old ones did (so that there's room for the new corner lazy susan cabinet - squeee!!!) they had to extend the soffit right there.
Filling in the holes and building that stupid little extension = about $1000 (ok. probably not quite that much, but it was a LOT). yeah. That right there would make a certain someone throw up. I guess he should have begun this project about 8 years ago then.
Anyway...
Nice Sheetrock dude told me that there's no way that wallpaper is ever coming down without a buttload of effort. No thanks. He suggested that I rip off any loose bits and paint some oil based Kilz primer over the top. Oil based paints sorta scare me as I don't know if/where we have any thinner to get it off the brush/roller. So I went and bought a 3" wide 89cent foam brush and I'll use that. I'm just winging things now and hoping for the best.

I was truly so danged preoccupied with my own life drama and just getting the basics of this project going (cabinets, counters, appliances) that I really haven't even begun to think about anything decoratey. I still have NO clue what I'll do for the backsplash and I looked at the light over the sink today and thought "huh, I wonder if I should have bought a new one." Oh well. I'm just flying by the seat of my pants.

And those of you who know me well, know how VERY VERY VERY out of character this is for me. Heck. I don't even know what my appliances look like or any of the features. I didn't even read a single review. Shocking I know. It's like I'm living in someone else's life these days. But it'll be someone with a NEW KITCHEN. Woot.

Now... to figure out how to paint, mop (ok part of me is still the same, the nasty floor is seriously grossing me out), get Emma back and forth to dance, and paint tonight. Oh yeah, and we need to eat something too. Guess I won't be cooking ;).