Kitchen Update – Phase II

Painting oak cabinets white and updating more features of the kitchen for additional storage and a fresh new look.

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We’re in the process of having our kitchen cabinets painted.  Everything is going along well and the expected timeline for completion of the painting is around 1 week.  So Exciting!!

We considered painting the cabinets ourselves but felt like it might be a little over-whelming.  The thought even crossed my mind that we would start the project and realize that we could not or did not want to finish it.  Then what?

So, we hired White Pineapple Cabinet Painting, a local painting company to do the work for us.  (As mentioned in my last post- we are using our vacation funds since vacation got cancelled this year.  Thanks Covid.)  White Pineapple has been great to work with and the owner, Denise, and her all female team has been very responsive and helpful.  You can also check out their Facebook Page and see before and after photos, including our kitchen cabinets!

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Kitchen Update – Phase I

Updating a 34 year old kitchen with new paint, an enlarged island with Quartz countertop and installing new lighting.

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For awhile now I’ve wanted an update in the kitchen – new cabinets or existing cabinets painted.  We’ve lived here for 15 years (where did the time go?) and the time has come!

The cabinets are getting painted!!

We have classic oak cabinets.  I’m sure when they were installed they were great (and some would say they still are).  The cabinets are very sturdy and solid.  But…the oak stain was no longer working in our house.

We’ve updated every room in some way or another.  The kitchen was partially updated in 2010.  We had granite countertops installed and Paul installed a backsplash.  But we never did go forward with changing the cabinets.

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Sugar Free Fresh Berry Trifle

Layers of chocolate cake, cool whip, pudding, strawberries and blackberries in a Trifle dish.

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This sugar free dessert taste so good, you won’t realize you are eating a
sugar free dessert.

We had family visit a few days ago and this dessert was easy to put together before they got here.  It keeps well in the refrigerator for a few days.

My step-father is diabetic and has always stuck to his diet since he was diagnosed years ago.  So when he visits I always try and have a sugar free dessert for him to indulge in.  Since this recipe doesn’t taste like you are eating a sugar free dessert, this is the only dessert I made.  My great nephew and niece were here also and this is definitely a kid-friendly dessert as well.  We all enjoyed it!

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Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial

Consisting of two connecting black granite walls, the east wall begins at the apex of the war in 1959 and includes the names of casualties and those missing in action from June 8, 1956 – May 25, 1968.  The west wall connects and continues from where the east wall stopped listing the casualties and MIAs until the end of the war on May, 5, 1975.

Just 75 miles or so south of St. Louis and right off of Interstate 55 South, sits the small community of Perryville, Missouri. With a population of only about 8500, you wouldn’t expect to see a replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial Wall that’s located in Washington D.C., but, unbelievably, the wall in Perryville is an exact replica of the incredible black granite wall in our nations’ capital.

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