11 August 2009

Finally!

At long last we have a fully functioning kitchen. It all began when I arrived in Trumau after my trip to Norcia. Lisa and the kids were still in Michigan and I was told that the kitchen would be installed sometime during that week before they arrived on July 17. Nothing happened. The family returned, Peter and Sara arrived and after spending the weekend in Trumau we headed off for our two week vacation. When we came back to Trumau in the evening of Sunday, the 2nd of August, we found a few cupboards in place, the rest of them scattered about our living room, and no appliances.

"They'll be in to finish up first thing Monday morning," we told ourselves. Monday came and went. On Tuesday they did return to put the rest of the kitchen together, and it looked great. But there was no plumbing in the sink. Wednesday passed with no word, but on Thursday I found the landlord who told me: "It'll be in tomorrow or Monday." Friday passed, and then the whole weekend; all the while we're doing dishes in the bathtub. Monday rolled around and we thought, "at last, it'll be today." No such luck.

Today, however, Tuesday, the 11th of August, was the day. Isn't it beautiful?


Thomas, meanwhile, discovered that he likes rice. And banging on pots. And making big sticky messes.



11 comments:

Christina said...

Beautiful kitchen! AND it doubles as a parking garage!

Grandma said...

Yeah for parents and fun for the kids. What's for dinner!

big daddy said...

In one of Lindsey Davis' later Marcus Didius Falco mystery novels, she depicts the hero waiting around for the remodelers to come and finish the work on the villa he has recently purchased. Clearly a problem that reaches back into the mists of antiquity. The guy who painted the horses on the cave walls in Lascaux probably arrived three months late!

Somebody Calls Me Nana said...

That child is all together too cute!

Anna said...

What a relief. A kitchen is a definite must have!

Katie said...

look at all those cupboards!

big daddy said...

Look at all that counter space!

Wait a minute ...

Katie said...

ha, i thought the same thing...

Lisa said...

Well, the counter space is at LEAST double what we had in Gaming. Although that's not really saying much...

big daddy said...

Not only is that not really saying much, that's really saying "not much".

Anna said...

Quoting a talk by Jon Wilson, "Men always want a bigger TV, women always want more counter space. I have no idea why."