New photos are up on our house blog: a couple of the outside and a few snaps of our kitchen-in-progress.
Enjoy!
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011
Kitchen - 1/4/11
When people find out that we're doing this major home renovation project, one of the first things they usually ask is what I am doing for a kitchen. For those of you who have wondered, here's your answer:
We have a refrigerator, a microwave, a toaster oven, several crockpots, and more small appliances than necessary. In the fall, we had all of this stationed downstairs in the room that is now almost a kitchen. However, when we began hanging drywall, we moved all of this kitchen paraphernalia to our upstairs hallway. (To recap: We are currently living in half of the upstairs. We have two bedrooms, a bathroom,a laundry closet, and a large hallway.)
It's not ideal, but for now it works - as long as I don't want to make anything in a 9x13 pan. (Our toaster oven isn't that big.)
So without further ado, here are a couple of snaps of our "kitchen" this evening.
So spacious, I know!
What's for dinner?
We had salad, pork loin and sweet potatoes. With Easy Bake Oven brownies for dessert, courtesy of Camille's culinary skills.
If I could make lemon meringue pie in my dorm microwave freshman year, this is cake!
We have a refrigerator, a microwave, a toaster oven, several crockpots, and more small appliances than necessary. In the fall, we had all of this stationed downstairs in the room that is now almost a kitchen. However, when we began hanging drywall, we moved all of this kitchen paraphernalia to our upstairs hallway. (To recap: We are currently living in half of the upstairs. We have two bedrooms, a bathroom,a laundry closet, and a large hallway.)
It's not ideal, but for now it works - as long as I don't want to make anything in a 9x13 pan. (Our toaster oven isn't that big.)
So without further ado, here are a couple of snaps of our "kitchen" this evening.
So spacious, I know!
What's for dinner?
We had salad, pork loin and sweet potatoes. With Easy Bake Oven brownies for dessert, courtesy of Camille's culinary skills.
If I could make lemon meringue pie in my dorm microwave freshman year, this is cake!
Back to the Old Grind - 1/3/11
Vacation is (finally) over and things are starting to get back to normal. I love Christmas, but this year I am especially glad that all of the festivities are over. Now we can get back to school schedules, regular sleep schedules, and the like.
The kids went back to school this morning. Rob started his new job this morning. He's been working in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past two years and is moving to a different hospital in the Operating Room. I'm hopeful that he'll enjoy this position more since he liked working in the OR as a surgical tech before he got his nursing degree. I'm especially excited that he will be working eight hour days, from 7-3, so he'll be home every night for dinner. And he'll be home to help put the kids to bed every night. And he'll be around so if I want to sneak off somewhere in the evening, I can do so without dragging the kids with me or arranging for a babysitter. I know Rob will really miss his whole days off so he can work on the house, but we'll have to just chip away at it a little at a time.
Speaking of the house, now that our walls are up, finished and primed, we can start working on cosmetic things - work that other people can identify as progress. Chloe and I are heading to the granite place in a little while to put in our order for counter tops. Our stove is supposed to be in this week, so in theory we may actually have a functional kitchen within the next couple of weeks. Hooray!
The kids went back to school this morning. Rob started his new job this morning. He's been working in an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the past two years and is moving to a different hospital in the Operating Room. I'm hopeful that he'll enjoy this position more since he liked working in the OR as a surgical tech before he got his nursing degree. I'm especially excited that he will be working eight hour days, from 7-3, so he'll be home every night for dinner. And he'll be home to help put the kids to bed every night. And he'll be around so if I want to sneak off somewhere in the evening, I can do so without dragging the kids with me or arranging for a babysitter. I know Rob will really miss his whole days off so he can work on the house, but we'll have to just chip away at it a little at a time.
Speaking of the house, now that our walls are up, finished and primed, we can start working on cosmetic things - work that other people can identify as progress. Chloe and I are heading to the granite place in a little while to put in our order for counter tops. Our stove is supposed to be in this week, so in theory we may actually have a functional kitchen within the next couple of weeks. Hooray!
Too Strong - 1/3/11
This morning Chloe asked for a banana with peanut butter. I was in the middle of something, so I told her she could pick out her own banana. A minute later, she comes in the room, frustrated.
"I'm trying to get my banana off, but it's just too strong!"
"I'm trying to get my banana off, but it's just too strong!"
At the Beach - 1/1/11
We were out and about this week and found ourselves at the beach, of all places! I love the beach more in the non-summer seasons, I think. It was cold and very windy and we only stayed a few minutes, but the kids had a great time.
See, look! They're all smiling!
That's better!
The girls really liked watching these ducks.
Caleb was more interested in climbing these slippery rocks.
Everyone had fun hunting for shells. I tried to convince them to skip the ones that were all sandy and to really look for just one or two special shells. The kids had a different theory: the more shells you have, the more special they are. Now ask me what my poor car thinks. On the agenda this week: clean out the sand and shells!
See, look! They're all smiling!
That's better!
The girls really liked watching these ducks.
Caleb was more interested in climbing these slippery rocks.
Everyone had fun hunting for shells. I tried to convince them to skip the ones that were all sandy and to really look for just one or two special shells. The kids had a different theory: the more shells you have, the more special they are. Now ask me what my poor car thinks. On the agenda this week: clean out the sand and shells!
Saturday, January 1, 2011
New Blog
So I figure that since it's a new year, maybe everyone can forget what lame bloggers we've been if we start over with a clean slate and a new blog.
From now on, check us out here:
rollingwithlaughter.blogspot.com
Over the next while, we'll also be updating our house blog. When we do, we'll link it again from the new blog.
See you over there!
From now on, check us out here:
rollingwithlaughter.blogspot.com
Over the next while, we'll also be updating our house blog. When we do, we'll link it again from the new blog.
See you over there!
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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