One project done!!!  Cindy came down for the weekend, and I put her to work - she has tons of experience building and remodeling, so we made a plan to tear out the desk in the corner of my kitchen.  Not a big task, but daunting to me - I had no idea where to start.  The hardest part was finding the tools, I swear!  Between Alex and I cleaning out the garage a few years ago, the massive amount of tools in the shop, and me not knowing the name of tools, it was bit tough.  (I had no idea what a 'cat's paw' was, or where it would be.....but we found it!)  I did have to buy a miter box - we probably have one somewhere, but I have no idea where.  Everything else we were able to find.