there's a hole in my ceiling

there's a hole in my ceiling. bryan and dad worked on yanking out the upper cabinets to remove the soffits. we had a small scare with possibly asbestos laden insulation, but it turned out to be a scare and nothing more. THANK GOODNESS. bryan needs to work on getting the soffits and their supporting woodwork out over the next few days, so that he and dad can re-drywall this weekend before mom and dad leave on their vegas/grand canyon trip. THEN we can remove old tile/spackle/sand/paint. assuming i have a paint color picked, that is. which assumes we have chosen a countertop.

yesterday morning we drove out to the granite warehouse to look at the alabaster viole we love so much. it does actually have huge holes/cracks in it; they are filled with resin. so we have to decide if we are ok with that or not. we did see another stone we liked a lot, called briolette, but we're not sure if it has enough brown in it. we're currently awaiting some advice from shannon with bated breath. :)