Cooper River Bridge Run 2010

The Cooper River Bridge Run is the best organized and the best conducted 10-K race in the world. It includes world-class competition in a unique setting with unparalleled participant satisfaction. It broadens community cooperation and participation in healthy events throughout the year. The Cooper River Bridge Run serves as a model of health motivation for other communities throughout the world.

Below are two YouTube videos I put together. The first one features the wheelchair racers and the second features the run's race leaders. Check them out in HD if you have the bandwidth and horsepower.
Wheelchair racers
Leading Runners

Renovation 2010 - Weekend 02

During weekend 02 of renovation 2010 we've accomplished the following in the kitchen:

Wall paper removed ✔
Popcorn texture removed from ceiling ✔
Microwave removed ✔
All cabinets removed except for around the sink ✔

Our trip to Melcer Tile Company did not yield a floor tile we really like. We came home with a couple of samples but we'll probably look around some more. That is it for this week. See kitchen photos below.

Popcorn texture removed from ceiling.

All cabinets removed except for around the sink.

Wall paper removed all the way to the bay window.

Renovation 2010 Begins - Weekend 01

Donna and I have been saving and planning for a long overdue kitchen renovation. April K. Lipps, Interior Designer, has been a great help with the planning. We've picked out the kitchen cabinets and have an initial design drawn by Patti Palmer of Home Depot. We have the granite picked out for the counter tops. We are still debating the tile which will cover almost half of our home, including our entrance, dining, kitchen and laundry room.

The demolition in the kitchen started this weekend. Donna and I will be doing most of the demolition work to save some cash. This weekend we removed some wall paper and a few of the kitchen cabinets. I reused the kitchen pantry in the garage. I have one door to put on the pantry after some glue dries.

Well that is it for weekend 01. See the pictures of the devastation below.

Picture above is where the kitchen pantry and one other cabinet was.

Picture above shows the cabinet removed from the left corner where the US flag is standing for the night. Opposite that corner is where the pantry and other cabinet was.

Picture above shows where we stopped the wall paper removal.

Here is the kitchen pantry relocated to the garage. Notice the doors are different colors. Like I mentioned the renovation is long overdue.  The remaining door will be mounted after the glue on the damaged face board dries.