Yesterday, Carla told me to shut up.

Well, she actually said the whole kitchen thing has made me a bit of a "chatty Kathy", but she's thinks it's cute. This is mostly from my OCD web surfing trying to get pieces and parts ordered and in the house by next week. Things like TV mounts, wire, sink, faucet, speakers... Stuff that is much cheaper if we provide it, but has to be here when it's needed! Right now I'm on a quest to find the best price for a black volume control knob and black drains for the sink. Believe it or not, black drains are not a standard stock item for Home Depot! People want shiny, sparkly chrome or stainless apparently. Oh yeah, we've pretty much decided on 3"x6" black glass tile for the backsplash.

I heard "Shut up!". Maybe I mis-listened.

Anyway... 6 days 'til demo and here's where we stand. The kitchen is 75% emptied (it violently disgorged its contents into the living room and dining room), but the office really hasn't been touched. That's coming. Ugh.

Due for delivery next week are:

Sink (from homedepot.com)

Faucet & Speakers (from amazon.com)

And a big box of wire 'n stuff from monoprice.com

We're buying local for a lot of things, but the price discrepancy for plumbing fixtures and the speakers was ridiculous.

Let me just give a short plug here for Monoprice. If you're not a geek, you've probably never heard of them, but you should add them to your favorites anyway. Anytime you need anything related to hooking up, mounting or making your electonic toys work right (or better), check 'em out! Their cables especially are a fraction of the cost of what you would pay at Best Buy or even Wal*Mart, especially for HDMI cables! If you need to hook up that fancy new flat panel, please don't fall into the Monster (Cable) trap at Best Buy! Monster Cable is a great product, but 90% of the price is profit margin. Check out Monoprice or Blue Jean Cables instead. Great products that are reasonably priced.

Back to packin'...