It's lovely to see you on the thread again, @DucklingSwimmingInstructress. The tree climbing can definitely be nerve racking. My son broke his leg falling off a piece of playground equipment when he was six, so we tried to keep climbing activities to a minimum after that.
Math, I'm so pleased you like the cabinet color. We originally were going to go with an off white they call "Dove", but when we got home I realized that the fridge and stove are both white, and with the quartz worktop being an off white, it was too much white. I think the nickel cabinets will help soften the room. Our house is painted a similar color, but with a bit more blue in it.
The worktop bloke called this morning to say he can't give us a quote until he gets drawings from the contractor. The contractor is waiting on the cabinet bloke to do the computer rendered design and drawings. I am getting the feeling that this type of thing is just going to get more complicated as the project moves forward.
We had news from DD last night. She's accepted a fully remote job with a major US tech company, doing data analytics and some product management work. It's what we call a 1099 job, i.e. legally she would be a contractor, not an employee, so she'd get paid hourly and have no benefits. That's pretty common for the tech companies. She has full medical coverage through her husband, so that's not a problem. On the plus side, it's flexible and the money is very good. And it will look fabulous on her CV. She starts right away and they're going to fly her out to California in early December for an in person meeting with the rest of her team, all of whom work remotely.
She's really excited about the job, and we're very pleased for her.