Here is an amazing and fun story of Christmas cheer for my family. Shanda and I had decided that we were going to work to get a dishwasher by the end of 2008. After some disappointing months we decided it would be best to wait until sometime in 2009 to get it. Well, just prior to Christmas we returned home from a family party and discovered that some good soul out there left a dishwasher on our front porch! There was a note from Mrs. Claus that said the dishwasher had only been used for a couple of years and that she got a new one for Santa's elves. Needless to say we were elated! Shanda was moved to tears, the kids pretended to faint, and I was dumbfounded as to who could have been the one to help us in such a way.
Regardless, to whoever you are... we are indeed very grateful! Hardly a day goes by where Shanda doesn't mention how nice it is to have a dishwasher! I honestly think that she is the happiest woman in Ogden.
We got the dishwasher installed thanks in large part to my father. Installing the dishwasher required the removal of a cupboard and 4 drawers. Shanda was quick to reallocate everything and make the room, and working alongside my father we tore out the drawers and completed the install. My dad was great to help make sure that cabinetry didn't look disturbed, sort of like it always was designed to have a dishwasher there. This required matching a stain to the original oak for some pieces we had to add back in, and going down to the Ellis Mill to get some quarter-sawn oak for the skinny cabinet on the right.
