Kitchen Remodeling - Day One

Monday, February 11

We were ready to start. After weeks of moving items from the kitchen, a little bit at a time, the day had finally come. We had overnight guests Thursday. Went out of town Friday and returned Saturday night for the final cleanout.

The guest bath vanity wasn't as big as it looked - or maybe the microwave was bigger - anyway the microwave is now in the office on the spare desk. This is inconvenient since the food that you would microwave is downstairs, at the other end of the house, in the refrigerator, which is now in the garage. The coffee maker is in the upstairs bathroom.

I bought a small selection of prepared foods to see if any of them are any good and a friend loaned me her small CrockPot, so we won't starve, although we won't be eating very well.

About 11 a.m. this morning the contractor , Walter, arrived with his two carpenters - brothers Red & Bud. They proceeded to tear out the cabinets, saving a few for Larry's workshop, leaving a barren landscape that made the cats think they had arrived on a different planet.

The cats, by the way, are gleeful. After 14 years of being confined to the kitchen, garage and outdoors, they are now living a luxurious life in the solarium, with chairs to sleep on. They have never been allowed to be on any furniture, so this is a real treat. Of course, the chairs are covered with sheets and canvas, to prevent happy kneading of paws from damaging the upholstery. The oriental rug, on which Tipper already tried claw sharpening, is now covered with a new piece of canvas duckcloth. They have numerous spots for napping and can see the bird feeders from the upholstered chairs. What more could they want.

I will probably never have any control over them again.

So tonight we tried Asian noodles in a bowl. They came with a high carb sauce and some dried vegetable scraps. We combined this with left over rotisserie chicken for the first of many wonderful meals to come.