First stone is cast

Well, it is at least laid. It almost looks too pretty to cut out for the stove. It was almost comical and sad when the contractor arrived and the granite guys were explaing about cutting out the square for the cooktop. I heard and saw him pantemime "Slide-in stove".

It was not until the boys said they were ready for the cooktop and the looked for it in the garage that it dawned on them what we have been saying for weeks. Oh well, that is under way. There are more problems being solved with the sink at this this time. My comments that I made to the contractor and the granite guy are comming back to haunt them. It appears that with the sink being set on top of the base cabinets rather than behind them, it will raise the granite in that spot about 1/16 of an inch and the seams will not meet.

I looked at the contractor and he remembers me saying that and that the granite guy at the time said no problem. Now they are headed towards my solution of using a router to create a 1/16 recess in the wood inside of which the sink can lay--letting the granite site on the level cabinets.

To top it off, the granite folks had a no show this morning and they could not come start this job until 3:00. So they will be here late tonight and back in the morning.