by CJ | Dec 28, 2017 | Journal
Click on pic to enlarge. The foreground clutter is a spare rollabout holding baking stuff. No, Jane is not finished. But we have countertops, and our new sink.
by CJ | Dec 24, 2017 | Journal
This, mind you, is Schuler, not Lowes. Lowes called us to say there were 3 more packages for us. So we gathered up the mystery drawer and traded it for the 3 mystery packages… And indeed it was our two missing doors and the front drawer panel, but—no...
by CJ | Dec 21, 2017 | Journal
The replacement cabinet is here, the doors for the other one are here, and probably the drawer front. We got the Lowes guys to take the old one out and bring the new one in, and it’s 1/16 inch larger than the other, but we don’t think this (being a body...
by CJ | Dec 18, 2017 | Journal
Jane had a weird call from new health insurance wanting a credit card and it took us some scrambling to find out it actually was legitimate. During which time we had a kerfluffle with account numbers and needing a verification via phone, as I recall, which needed my...
by CJ | Dec 17, 2017 | Journal
A half foot of snow on the ground and more sifting down…and we’re missing ingredients. Well, she rules the kitchen during Christmas baking, but I *could* go after the needful stuff, and I rather enjoy winter driving (a novelty where I grew up)…so off...
by CJ | Dec 15, 2017 | Journal
We need to put the roof vent in on Monday. They’re forecasting 40 degrees right now. Our weather is nothing if not indecisive. We made a brief foray to Costco, and decided to come on home—it was very slippery, and there were the usual crazy drivers who...
by CJ | Dec 10, 2017 | Journal
We wait for the cabinet tops. We are also going to shed some things—going to sell off the Lenox princesses, all but one, and sell off the Russian fairy tale plates, we think. We’ll sell them at Ebay prices, so if perchance any of you are longing for a...
by CJ | Dec 8, 2017 | Journal
And most everything is in except the microwave installation and the vent work. It’s looking great. Lowes is going to fix everything that’s wrong without charging us anything extra, even taking back the largest cabinet (with no drawers) and giving us one...