California Cousins

Mon: Arrived at Lena’s around 3pm Monday. Surveyed the jobs and decided to Mike would continue to work on the laminate floor with Ina and Pat as moral support/gophers. Marvin and Bruce took on the completion of kitchen cabinets. Lots of engineer discussion lead to a decision for corner cabinet placement that works well with Lena’s stove.

Trial and error lead to success on Mikes flooring job. Two boxes needed to complete the job.

The engineers will create a great corner area with a stained plywood side, stained to match the cabinets. Lena said she’s very happy we are here. She is a real sweetie.

Tues: The right tools make all the difference, ah yes! Once we had them we hit full speed.

Marvin and Bruce worked on kitchen cabinets, upper and lower. Solid!

Mike continued the not-so-easy task of installing laminate flooring backward. (A method he unfortunately inherited from a previous volunteer. This method requires frequent mental health breaks).

Ina Marie and pat began the staining of cabinet doors. At the end of the day upper cabinets were indoors, stained and flooring finished (and documented on film).

Wed: Arrived around 8:30 am to Lena’s smiling face. She is enjoying our time here as much as we are.

Ina stained kitchen cabinets and with Pat varnished cabinet doors. Cabinets will be varnished tomorrow. Lena did the honors on the last of the doors.

Bruce and Marvin installed the lower corner cabinet and trim all around. It is looking GREAT!

By noon Mike had finished the decks front steps and started on railings.

The afternoon resulted in Mike’s completion of one side railing on the front. Other side started and will be completed tomorrow. Thanks to the expertise of our resident engineers Lena now has really solid upper and lower cabinets in her kitchen. Staining thanks to Ina Marie and ready for tomorrows varnish. Pat varnished the cabinet doors, which are now ready for installation.

Tomorrow Lena will have put together, nice kitchen. Good thing. She’s cooking for us on Friday.