countdown to T-Day (1 day)

With the Nowak's and Porter's in the house the contractors were sure to get us a working kitchen for the big day. But judging from the pics from the day before - they still had a very long way to go - I wasn't holding my breath.

They were at the house all day working hard - at one point I think I counted 8 contractors in the kitchen working...

Not to be detoured by the noise in the kitchen we all hung out in the living room watched some movies - went out for lunch and generally just tried to stay out of their way - while still having a good time, and a few drinks. The sun set and Kent started making his now famous "Outlaws" for us - while I made coffee for the workers - who were still at it.

Finally around 8pm they said they were as done as they were going to get - the lights, stove, sink, fridge and dishwasher were all working - so they were going to clean up and go.  They had made good on their promise - while the kitchen wasn't done - it was definitely functional at 9pm when the contractors left the house.

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No sooner had they closed the front door  - than we started up the baking - it was going to be a long night.

the list of goodies was short, but time consuming. But I could think of no better way to break in a new kitchen than with a large batch of Porter Rolls (even if it did take until 2am - thanks for staying up mom!)

nothing like a porter roll right out of the oven - even at 2am