Portland Frenzy

Thanks to Cliff Skillings at AML for making our vacation a frantic buying spree. His help setting up a good price for a 20' container lured us in to fulfilling our hope to check off some major purchases while visiting Faith, Aaron, Jack and little Zoey.

We easily found our cultured stone veneer for the exterior with great service from the folks at Rock-On. The pricing and service was exceptional. We ended up purchasing the Coal Canyon Weathered Edge Ledgestone. It should blend well with the roof and both siding colors.

The excitment of visiting the cabinet store kept me up the first night when we arrived. Waking early, we made it in time for the store opening Saturday morning and quickly assessed the available cabinet sets. With only a few that fit our kitchen configurartion, We settled on a Diamond Cabinet in the Cherry Bayport door style. What sold us on this set was the incredible options. It has two super cabinets and a deep dish lazy susan corner. The all plywood construction tipped the scales.

We also picked up the butcher block counter top from IKEA along with some nice hardware pieces and two more of the Klud glass noteboards which we have been using as backsplashes for our kitchen stoves. Tempered, obscured and totally cleanable. A great adaptive product.

The most exciting purchase was Naomi's new Yamaha motor scooter. 115 miles to the gallon!