Concrete Day!

The workers are here, putting bolts into the old layer of concrete so that the new layer won't be able to shift. The concrete guy is going to be here in about an hour to pour, so things are finally going along, yippee!

We decided to change our kitchen design a bit; instead of a microwave with vent hood above the expensive smooth cooktop (from which I began to envision heavy dishes being dropped and cooktop being demolished), we're going with a stand-alone microwave and a regular vent hood over the cooking area. The regular hood recirculates (which our old microwave hood has done for years), so there's no chimney to stick up and we can still have cabinets above the hood. Now the decision is, do we lose a little cabinet space by having a microwave shelf built in, or do we just go with a nice microwave cart in the corner of the dining room where we currently have our toaster oven? Me, I vote for the latter--more storage space and people using the microwave won't be in the way of people using the kitchen area. Either way, it will be lovely to be able to use the cooktop without moving for someone to get stuff out of the microwave!