12/01/2006: "And how've you been?"

We've been busy, Chez Yarn Hacker. When last we spoke, the kitchen was devoid of... well, anything, huh? It was pretty darn empty.

Well. The next night, Dave and I spent 2 hours puzzling out Ikea instructions (which include an odd, blob-like, Schmoo-shaped drawing that is supposed to represent you, the proud owner of this Ikea merchandise but looks more like you, the industrial accident) and came up with this:

(Notice the new flooring, please. We did not lay that. That's why it looks so good, methinks. Notice the paint job on the walls. My mom and Dave did that, which, again, is why it looks good. I am a danger to myself and others when I paint.)

Impressive, no? NO! That is only ONE cabinet! There are eighteen - 18!! (I wish there were capital numerals so I could emphasize that even more. 18, people) cabinets to build and install! This, frankly, was terrifying.

But we perservered. And soon we had this:

Stacks and stacks of cabinets. Ok, five. Five cabinets. Not all of them, I know. But, you know. Some. Enough to start work, which we did the weekend before Thanksgiving. By the end of last week, we were at this point, which, you have to admit, is good:

It looks like a kitchen, doesn't it? Sort of? A little? Expect the appliances are all scattershot and there's no drawers or doors or... or counters... or...

OK, it's not so much a kitchen as the shadow of a kitchen. The hint of kitchens to come. A whisper thin promise of a coming attraction. But it's a hell of a lot further than where we started from, I will remind you.

Last weekend, with the help of my mother and my brother-in-law, we got even further and installed the microwave, thus we have this:

It doesn't look a lot different, but I'm into the documentation, so there ya go. The Corian people, after some confusion, came out three days ago to measure for the counters and in a week or two we will have said counters, the installation of which requires that we do some substantial work this weekend to prepare. This is a good thing, as it lights the proverbial fire under our asses. This is the boring middle section of the renovation, where the big, scary, major work is complete (demolition, all floors are complete, all cabinets are built, 15 or the 18 cabinets are secured to the walls and not going anywhere) but everything is still stacked in the other room and you can't use anything yet.

We're still camping out upstairs since there's no place to sit downstairs, but that's actually been OK. I've been reading more, which is nice, and in a short 2 weeks I'll be out for the winter holidays so life is pretty good.

Oh, and there's one more thing. While we've been busy making a new kitchen for ourselves, something else has been baking...

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on Tuesday, December 5th, Vicki said

Wooooo! Congratulations!

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12/01/2006: "And how've you been?"