Finally. Summer (and good weather) is here. I’ve been waiting so long for this California-like sunshine and temperatures to make its way to Chicago. It doesn’t stay long, (cue the humidity) but while it’s here, it’s heavenly. We were outside for most of the weekend soaking it in. Saturday, I helped out at a neighborhood […]
Here we go! Today is demolition of the current kitchen, running concurrent with delivery of new cabinets. I think both parties are arriving at 9:30 am. (It figures, right?) The new cabinets are going into the garage for a bit while we clear out the space, and relocate the refrigerator, microwave and most important, coffee […]
Hello! Hope you had a nice holiday weekend. While I write this, our contractor is laying red rosin paper down over the kitchen floor, to be followed by masonite, in advance of Wednesday’s demolition. We’re down to the basics in the kitchen: everything else has been packed up and carted off to the basement, or […]
My head hurt on Wednesday from all of the ducks I’m trying to get in a row before the 28th: that would be “tear-down of the current kitchen” day (courtesy of Habitat for Humanity – we’re donating our current cabinets) as well as delivery of the new cabinets, as well as the start of no […]
Mondays are made for overachieving. It’s like a mini do-over each week. Revisiting resolutions, making lists (oh, am I good at that). So I set out with a lengthy list of to-dos, and I am proud to say I got through them all, including finishing an actual book! Non-fiction, of course: Public Radio, Behind the […]
