Overdue Christmas update

 This was from our trip to the range over Thanksgiving. We were just having some fun after the work Allen did on the kitchen. I didn't get any pictures of our range trip right after Christmas with Bill. The camera was one of the things I forgot to bring. I'll try to remember better next time.

 This is the work. Nothing really difficult, but a lot of detail work, with all the cutting and fitting.

 And on to Christmas morning. Everyone was here for the holiday, and that is important.

A new breadmaker made Lynne happy. They are getting hard to find, it seems.

Allen's upgrade to our kitchen

 Allen wanted something to do while he was here over Thanksgiving, so we came up with a project. Remove the old breakfast bar and replace it with more counter space and cabinets. He got the breakfast bar torn out the first day.

Then came all the cutting and fitting - the countertop was cut off and a new cabinet brought in and modified so it could do what we needed it for.

Mostly storage space for the kitchen appliances and the flat bakeware. Cookie sheets and the like will now be stored on the top shelf of the new cabinet.

While he was putting it all together, Lynne got him to add a couple of spice racks to replace the wire baskets that we were using. He did a fine job!