Today I replaced the thermostat in the kitchen. The old one we had was pretty basic and we wanted one that we could program. We put in a new Honeywell Vision 8500 with a touchscreen. We also got our new stove, it is very nice! We already used the warming drawer to raise some rolls and used the oven to make some dinner. We really like the touch controls to run it all and the smooth top is going to be really nice. We played with it a little but it does a lot of stuff so it will take some time to get use to it all.

Since Jodi and I are getting a new stove delivered and installed tomorrow we decided to paint the kitchen while we had things out and away from the wall. When we got home from work we taped it all up and painted our fooling heads off all evening. We finished about 10:30pm, used about half a gallon of paint but we got it done. Now tonight we just need to do a second coat.

After the kitchen is done we just are planning to do the bathrooms at some point, we are not in a rush to get them done though. Doing the kitchen was nicer than what we did the last couple of weeks. It was nice not to have to drive home after painting and also nice that we weren’t really on a time crunch, just mostly needed to finish one wall.