you've got to have a firm foundation...

and now we do.

YAY!

side note: this is a house just around the corner from ours, same model, that's a few weeks ahead of ours in the building process. they're all framed so we like to go over there and look at the way the rooms will lay out. this is not my kitchen, but it is the way my kitchen will be laid out. that island has me leaping for joy.