Bach To Reality

HOW I LEFT IT: VS. What it looks like when I got home! I can't believe the progress that can be made in one day.  I can't believe how cold my 'kitchen' feels.  I can't believe how LOUD my 'kitchen' is - well, how much it echos.  I found it funny to come home and just see my kitchen sink in the dumpster in it's full form.   It was fun to see the old countertops under the layer of granite.  And it was glorious to see those ugly cabinets exactly where they belong! If you know, you know that each New Year's Eve I like to make a list of things to do during the year that correspond with the year it is - 20 in 20, 21 in 21, etc.  One of the things on this year's list was 'Abyss Counter'.  That is what we called the counter next to the fridge.  It was an abyss.  It just collected 'stuff' until that stuff found a new home.  Which it seldom did.   I guess we can say I successfully solved that problem in 2026!  I just removed th...

I'd love to learn how to upload videos from my phone to the blog....eventually.  Until then - here are a few pictures.  It's like T-36 hours until the real demo starts.  We have our pantry in our family room and our living room in our garage.  Most of our kitchen is in the basement.  Today this feels like an adventure.  We'll get through this.  But I know, so quickly, it's going to become overwhelming.   At least Oliver is having fun with it! Dumpster got delivered on Friday!  

 We received an official timeline today!  Below is directly from Kel.  Get used to the name...he's our project manager.  Here is an update for the project. The guys will be showing up on Wednesday, 10/21 to start the demo. The demo should be complete by Friday. We will leave the powder room in tack and leave the door on. The laundry room will not be disturbed at this time; we will wait until the day before flooring is installed. Week of 10/26 - The plumbing, heating and electrical all will be there and this might run into the following week. Week of 11/2 - finish of the plumbing, heating and electrical. Inspections Week of 11/9 – drywall Week of 11/16 – painting and cabinet installation Week of 11/23 – cabinets and countertop measure. Week of 11/30 – flooring, doors, and millwork Week of 12/7 - miscellaneous things that need to get done. Week of 12/14 – countertop installation (this is a guess for now). Backsplash if ready. Week of 12/21 – finish plumbing heating and...

 What do you do when you have a major life event that isn't of a medical nature, but still requires documenting? And CERTAIN people in your life refuse to get Facebook?  You revive the blog.  You revive the thing you used to do all the time. That you loved.  That brought you some peace - because writing brings peace.  And gosh knows....I'm gonna need peace.   The Bachs are redoing their kitchen!   You guys. Since the day we moved in, I hated this kitchen.  Like I hate it so much I hate having people over.  And after our last two years, we finally said - screw it.  Life is short.  Let's redo the kitchen!  So....enjoy the ride!  And send me wine! Worse then moving!

It's October 15.  I want to re-ignite the blog so I can document our kitchen remodel.   I knew I never published our Christmas letter from 2025.  I've thought it about it a million times in 2026.  And now.  Now it feels weird to not have it posted.  That's what my blog is for - right?  For me?  For me to look back on a million years from now and remember.  The good.  The bad.  The bright. The dark.  December of 2025 was so dark I didn't know how to see light. And since then, we've hard dark, dark days.  And blinding bright days.  Because that's life.  So....I'm going to hit publish.  So I can use the blog to document our big adventure of the kitchen remodel.  Because that's exciting.  And I'll publish a 2026 Christmas letter....And we'll keep moving forward.  Because life is crazy. And life is sweet.   

 How did we get here, how the hell?  Christmas!  Christmas Eve last year.... (Nod to my favorite musical of all time...RENT).   But seriously.  How am I sitting here typing our Christmas letter already? We again are forgoing our paper mailed Christmas Cards and making a donation to a charity of our family's choosing. This year consider our donation to the Multiple Myeloma 'Foundation'.   Amazing to think that last year at this time, we didn't even know MM existed and now, it's our life.  We are incredibly grateful to the amazing research that has been conducted just in the last few years and are hopeful for a future with an MM cure!   Here are the Bachs from December 31, 2023.  So what do the Bachs of 2024 know that those Bachs didn't know (Oh. My.  How loaded is that question?) OLIVER WALTER BACH - 10 Years Old Someone turned double digits this year and likes to continually remind us that he is no longer a 'kid', but a 't...