The beginning

DIY, does sound like Die doesn't it?  For the record, I did not come to DIYing naturally.  My parents were not carpenters, floor layers, brick layers, etc.  In fact the most ambitious project my dad and I ever did was to lay parquet tile in my bedroom when I was 20 and it was almost impossible to get the glue off my hands (I think I wore it off).  Like some of you, I married it.  My husband and I have been married almost 24 years and this will be the third house we have redone.  Words to the wise, never redo your kitchen in the first 6 months of your marriage.  I watched my stove sit in my living room for six months (but that is another story).  Our journey begins with our third and last house in Dallas, Texas, a 1979 ranch house which has not been updated since 1979.  Since we have moved there in 2005, we have redone many rooms, but are about to undertake our most ambitious project to date:  the dreaded, ugly kitchen. Come along as we laugh, we sing, we dance, we cry a little, we cry a lot.  I forgot to mention I was a theatre major didn't I?