Backsplash Fever

Our kitchen work is nearing completion. Tonight we put the backsplash up. All that is left is to put the light under the cabinet and some minor trim work.

Mets vs Phillies at Shea Stadium 9-15-07

My friend Ian's Uncle has season tickets to the Mets which are 7 rows from the Mets undeck circle. When he offered the seats to Ian we obviously could not pass them up. Ian, his friend Casey, myself and my old college roommie Mark (Puffy) all went down to the game yesterday. It was raining all morning but by the 1pm gametime the sun was out and it was a really nice early fall day.

Pedro Martinez had 9 strikeouts and left with the Mets winning 3-1 but the bullpen blew it and the Phillies won 5-3 beating the Mets for the 7 straight time.

Here are some pictures from the game. You can click on each pic for a larger version.

Pedro getting ready to throw a pitch

David Wright with a big wiff

David Wright next to Ryan Howard

View from our seats with the new ballbark being built beyond the outfield.

Phillies dugout.

Tom "Flash"Gordon

Jose Reyes steals second.

Marlon Anderson obviously not agreeing with the call.

Kitchen Update

The last few days my Dad has been helping me update part of our kitchen around the sink area.

Orginally we just had an old cast iron porcelin sink with no cabinets below or above the sink. Although the sink looked nice and is an antique it just was not very functional. Whomever did dishes would be soaked by the end of washing since the sink was so shallow.

Here is a before picture.

My parents got us a dishwasher as part of our wedding gift and with all the gift cards we got for the wedding we got ourselves new cabinets, countertop and a sink. Big Les worked 3 solid days and with my help our kitchen is finally almost complete. Next step is to add a old style tin backsplash and put the light in under the cabinet. Here is what it looks like now...