Thank you, Mr. President!
A big THANK YOU to Washington and Lincoln for being such awesome presidents and giving us something to celebrate. My students were talking about why Washington and Lincoln were chosen for President's Day. Some answers were "their birthdays are close together," "they were obviously the best," and the hilarious question, "Do you think they will have a celebration for George Bush?" Um...probably not, darling.
I love Presidents Day because I am off work and it comes a such a great time of year. It is always around report card time and I always need the break and extra day off. This year, my hubby took the day off to and we spent the holiday running around town.
This morning, another roofing company swung by to give us a quote. Again, we were told that our roof has 5 more years in it and we just need some touchups. These guys mentioned that we have A LOT of nails sticking out of our roof which are causing the leaks! Seriously?! For $600, they replaced all of the shingles and put in new nails! They also threw in a few other services like cleaning out our gutters "because they needed to be cleaned" (he actually said that) and sealing our chimney! We definitely recommend John Beal Roofing. They were so nice, honest, and did a great job!
Yes, our lights are still up. I think I will go take those down now! You see the new lighter shingles? Those are the new ones! No more leaky roof!
We also headed over to my grandma's so Mike could do some handiwork at her house. She treated us to a yummy lunch at Bread Co. too!
After helping her out, we went to get some sealant for the granite tiles. This stuff is amazing! Here you can see the before tile on top and then what it looks like after the sealant is applied.
The stuff was $50 and we only used a cap full. Anyone need this stuff for your kitchen rehab? We were very impressed!
We also stopped at Home Depot to pick up some grout for the counters and backsplash (which was done today). 
IT IS ALMOST DONE! AHHHHHHH!
I think we may go celebrate with some happy hour drinks across the street at Bar Louie!
I took the day off to spend with Matt, too (he works at a bank, so he gets all the random holidays). We got a lot accomplished! What a relief that the roof repairs were easy and that the kitchen is almost done--it's going to look amazing!
The kitchen looks amazing!! I'm so glad you got your roof fixed...and gutters cleaned. :)
Um, I fricken lurve bar louie. I can't wait to see the finished kitch! Isn't it nice to have a leak free house? Weeeee!