The kitchen was meant to be finished by now. Hell, it was meant to be finished by mid-January. But certainly by now. Alas, all it currently has in it is a fridge and one unit of drawers which don't have handles. You see, when we started assembling last Sunday night, we discovered that the company who had planned it, had royally cocked up and mis-measured, such that the new kitchen couldn't FIT in the space allocated. Arggh! Much hair-pulling and yelling and the odd measured discussion later, the problem parts have been returned and new ones ordered which will fit (if they don't, I swear I'm going to strangle the designer and cook him in my new oven). Sadly these bits won't be delivered until Tuesday, so we are delayed even further. There have been other issues in the construction of the units which do fit, namely that the instructions are utterly useless and I'm sorry, but if we can't work them out, I struggle to see how others would manage. We're fairly competent DIYers - I would go so far as to assume that we probably have skills that are a bit above average. But these instructions are like a Byzantine pick-a-path story. God knows how it will all turn out - it's a leap of faith (and I'm not sure that something like kitchen construction should really involve prayers and crossed fingers). The new (gorgeous, shiny) range was meant to be installed yesterday, and then today, and now I am told it will be Sunday. Our gas plumber who is fitting it is leaving for Poland on Tuesday so he'd better bloody well come on Sunday and sort it. Sigh.
I am past the point of sobbing and frustration now really...we are sort of just blankly stumbling along hoping that at some point things will be done. We've run out of gas for the camp stoves too, so we're down to solely food that can be microwaved. Did you know that you can cook tortellini in the microwave fairly successfully? No, me either, but turns out you can. But weirdly, microwaving popcorn has not been at all successful (15 minutes later and only half the kernels had popped. I gave up...) I think we might order takeout tonight - my ulcer has been relatively calm for about a week, so hopefully I can eat a curry without angering it.
Oh, and, in more exciting news, and in preparation for the installation of the new range, I have just bought two new cookbooks: The Boy Who Bakes by Edd Kimber and Short and Sweet by Dan Lepard (I actually already have the latter on my Kindle, but turns out with cookbooks, I can't be swayed from real books. Electronic ones don't have any of the same appeal). Looking forward to their arrival and the frenzy of baked goods that will soon begin...
I am past the point of sobbing and frustration now really...we are sort of just blankly stumbling along hoping that at some point things will be done. We've run out of gas for the camp stoves too, so we're down to solely food that can be microwaved. Did you know that you can cook tortellini in the microwave fairly successfully? No, me either, but turns out you can. But weirdly, microwaving popcorn has not been at all successful (15 minutes later and only half the kernels had popped. I gave up...) I think we might order takeout tonight - my ulcer has been relatively calm for about a week, so hopefully I can eat a curry without angering it.
Oh, and, in more exciting news, and in preparation for the installation of the new range, I have just bought two new cookbooks: The Boy Who Bakes by Edd Kimber and Short and Sweet by Dan Lepard (I actually already have the latter on my Kindle, but turns out with cookbooks, I can't be swayed from real books. Electronic ones don't have any of the same appeal). Looking forward to their arrival and the frenzy of baked goods that will soon begin...
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| A page from the Boy Who Bakes. I want this cake more than I've ever wanted baked goods before |
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