Kira Disapproves

This was around the point where my sanity started to waver (arguably.)

But, eventually, something started to take shape…

Something.

First day of classes for Fall tomorrow. Wish me luck!

Hi All!

I’ve been getting some greif about the lack of blog posting. At first, I felt like there was a lot of pressure. But then I decided to calm down and start small. So, just a small hint of things to come. The kitchen before pictures!

The sink area. Problems: No garbage disposal, sink mounted above counter and covered in grime, not enough space around sink for dishes, weird paper towel thing left by old owners. The dishwasher is fairly new, and will stay.

Cabinets. This area here includes the only really usable cabinets in the kitchen. The others are all too high, except for the one above the stove which is reachable but also gets to be about a million degrees when you dare to actually use the stove, melting the things inside said cabinet. The previous owners removed the cabinet doors, which actually looked okay, except for where they didn’t paint over where the hardware used to be. The main issue here is the area between the counter and the sink. In that, there isn’t one. It really is as small as it looks in the picture. The door and cabinets beneath are completely blocked (I had to take the doors off, and even then all I could do was store Lila’s food in there.) The old range works but others in the complex have been known to leak gas. The hood was functioning. Suppousedly.

Stove. Here you get a view of the inaccessible cabinets and the stove. The stove is gas, but teeny-tiny. The broiler is in the bottom drawer there, which always struck me as weird. I painted the one cabinet with chalkboard paint, and I do miss that. But I have leftoever chalkboard paint. So no worries, really. A major problem here is the position of the stove next to the door. You can kind of end up with a Hansel-an-Gretel moment if someone opens the front door too fast and another unexpected someone is checking to see if a cake is done or something.

Floor. Really nothing wrong with it. But it doesn’t match the new cabinets. So out it goes. Plus, the kitchen is about to get a foot and a half bigger.

Hey! That was a much longer post than I expected! More to come…

And, before I sign off, another big thanks to all my write-a-thon sponsors. I met all my goals at the last….possible…minute… and I raised $320. Thank you for supporting the workshop I love, and thank you most of all for supporting me as a writer. It really, really means a lot and I had an awesome time writing knowing you were all a part of it. Thank-you notes are on the way, as well as copies of the three submitted stories for anyone who requests them. I’ll let you know if I hear any good news on that front!