#Kitchen 16 April 2023
Update:
- This is my first “peaceful” breakfast in two weeks.
- I relished the thought of finally…..after 30 years
- …I got around to remodelling my kitchen.
- There was always something more important: refurbish bathrooms,
- double glazed windows, gardens, roof
- …rain gutters new floors. You name it.
- It all took precedent to my favourite place, the kitchen.
- Now it is almost finished.
- I will take a photo of the NEW kitchen soon! There still is some paint work
- …to do and the induction cooking unit will be linked to the new electric cables tomorrow.
- Fingers crossed it will all goes well.
- Luckily induction ONLY works if a pan is on it….not a cat!
Bad news:
- During the last two weeks I’ve survived on bread, jam,
- …cookies, soup and a few meals in the microwave.
- Not my idea of “haute cuisine”.
- No time for biking to burn of calories… daily serving the “tool men” coffee and cake
- …I must have gained 5 lbs in 14 days!
- I treated myself to a “egg cooker” (WMF) b/c I had no way to boil water.
- It works perfectly. I have perfect soft-boiled eggs cooked in 1 TB of water
- …instead of a pan with 1 litre water!
Good news:
- Having the house turned upside down
- …was the BEST trigger for Spring Cleaning!
- Yesterday I was out of control….cleaned EVERYTHING…even under the bed!
- 10 AM – 10 PM: floors, windows, clean sheets on bed, two bathrooms sparkling clean,
- loads of laundry…groceries, test the new dishwasher.
- Toolman forgot to turn on water faucet leading to the machine.
- I didn’t hear the washer “gurgle” with water so I quickly fixed the problem.
- My back was killing me last night and had a…
- nasty cut on my thumb that is still pulsing as I type.
- I made an executive decision:
- I need a second vacuum cleaner
- …so I can leave one UPSTAIRS and one DOWNSTAIRS.
- Lugging that thing around the house was exhausting.
- UPDATE: Sunday, 4 PM…literally falling asleep in my reading
- …chair in front of TV.
Coffee:
- Time to get back to other things: watch a movie and …relax.
- I hear my coffee machine just
- …turned on automatically and is making me coffee!
- I finally figured out how to program it.
- I’ve finished the last 3 chapters in a book I started in March….and since then
- have not read a word.
Too tired to toss a salad together…now that is tired!
Dinner….
Have a good Sunday!
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A hundred tousand tanks for the update! I was beginning to fear the worst. Great progress and that’s a nifty egg cooker!
I am very envious of your egg cooker! What a marvelous idea! Cheers to your new kitchen! Mary Lee
Egg cooker is amazing! It is a German brand (WMF)…the Germans make the best appliances large and small!
Mary Lee, living in the “down-size” mode is great! Egg cooker = 2 perfect eggs in 5 min…just turn it on an walk away! It buzzes when ready.
Coffee percolator …just set automatic start and walk away! It buzzes when ready Also my new dishwasher is smaller than my old one…works even better! Everything is sparkling clean and wash cycle down from 3 hr –> 90 min! Final photo…coming soon, stay tuned!
I’m glad to see all is progressing smoothly – it’s looking great, love the quizzical look on cat’s face :-)
I never knew there was such a thing as an egg cooker – looking it to whether we can get them here or not!
Starting the 3rd week of remodelling…it is taking its toll on me. My days are topsy-turvy but… getting a lot of cleaning done and NO reading! Hope to start the month of May is a relax mode, books and bike rides.
I used an egg cooker until I learned I can make an egg in 30 seconds in the microwave! But your little cooker is adorable!!!
So happy your new kitchen is almost done!!!
Congrats on getting all the spring cleaning done!
Cake with pink frosting looks delicious!
Almost done…there were a few SNAFU’s but hope they will be taken care of by the end of the week. Update with new photos…soon!
Glad to hear that things are getting back to normal. I look forward to seeing photos of the finished kitchen. And I loved the photo of the cat.