Sloooowwwly we progress . . .

Hello friends,

Well we are making slow but steady progress on our kitchen renovations :-)
We have had quite a few hiccups along the way  . . . 

One of my most favourite things in the whole kitchen was my brand spanking new butlers sink (I have coveted one of these for longer than I can remember) -

 I came home from work one night to discover we now had water in this part of the house so I could wash the dishes that night ! ! !  How exciting ! ! ! 
When I had finished washing the dishes in my new sink for the very first time, I pulled the plug only to discover my new sink had all cracked in the bottom ! ! ! I cried.  Lots :-(

We now have power back in this part of the house so cooking has resumed . . . 

 
Even though the fridge is in the dining room still . . . 

And in the midst of all this chaos and activity, I have managed to find time to do some craft work (truth be told I have been banished from the kitchen area many times this past week  . . .)

 I found time (& a tiny space on the dining table) to paint some boots onto some dollies legs . . . 

finish some lovely bright golly tea-towels . . . 

& whip up a horseshoe for a dear friend whose son is getting married in Fiji in a couple of weeks.

While I have had my head down and my tail up . . .  I haven't ventured outside very much and so,  - when I did take a walk down the garden yesterday, I couldn't believe how autumn had suddenly set in & the colours in the garden . . . 

the japanese maple turning red. . .

 I see we have persimmons almost ready - & I took this lovely photo of the cherry blossom tree losing its leaves - which prompted me to go hunting for my rake - 

 

Love the cottage in the background in the autumn shadows! !

Still as yet,  -  not found  :-)


Wishing you all a great weekend out there friends, will keep you posted as we make progress - (& try to keep our sanity in tact).  Many thanks for all your encouraging comments last post.
Love & hugs,
Julie X x x

 

a short intermission

Hello friends,
I am just taking a short little intermission  for about a week or 2 as we are in the midst of some alterations here and this is what we are currently living with . . . .  

We decided to put in some new kitchen units . . .  simple enough I thought  . . .  take the old ones out, put the new ones in  . . .   hark at me (you foolish woman)  ! ! ! !  When will you realise???  - NOTHING is ever simple around here  . . .

when the old units came off  . . .  so too did most of the wall linings  . . .
plus we closed in an old door that we rarely used  . . .    to give me room for a pantry . . .

this is currently "my kitchen cupboards" - all packed away neatly and tidily in the spare room - everything in order and easy to find things  . . . .such an organised system really  . . . ! ! ! * * ! !

Can you believe someone asked me for a can of peaches out of here the other night????  I almost had a seizure!!!!

but don't despair,  as we happen to have a really good site supervisor who is a right pain in the rear and gets in everyones way and keeps lying down on the job is doing a wonderful job of keeping on task and making sure everyone gets the measurements right and stays focused and doesnt take breaks at all . . .

incidently the plaster was still WET! ! !

He never down tools anytime and makes sure he reads through the plans thoroughly  . .

All in all he puts in a long hard days work . . .   with no real breaks in between  (definately NO sleeping on the job ) . . .and I can assure you all this hard work is extremely exhausting to a 4-legged site supervisor  . . .

Just resting my eyelids for a wee minute as the sun was very bright ...& Mum has just finished picking all the dried plaster out of my fur . . .(cant understand why she was soooo huffy??)

And so I HOPE to be back next time with some pictures of my new kitchen units after I have caught my breath, and the site supervisor has had a wee rest from all his hard work!!!!

Have a great week dear friends and hope you are all good out there and taking care.

Love Julie  X X x x x   :-)

(a short note - this post has been edited by the 4-legged site supervisor to explain more truthfully the extent of his job description )