From the Bureau of Best Intentions

We invited a bunch of people over for Thanksgiving--too many really to fit in our old dining room.  Which to be fair would classify as a breakfast nook.   So Mrs. 8 had the great idea to blow out a bearing wall in between the kitchen and living room.  Of course it is going to be wonderful for the house....but, it has now taken 3 weeks, we relocated Thanksgiving to a friend's house, and we're still working on it.  I think we'll be done in 10 days....