Charmion, at first I didn't understand what OP KITCHEN was. I actually thought it was the name of a tornado or hurricane or blizzard, but then I re-read it and realised it is a kitchen renovation project with the associated difficulties related to bad weather, getting ready and organised, dealing with the kitchen installer, wrangling cats, etc etc.

It belongs in this thread, IMO, but go ahead and post it in the other thread as well. :-)