Life Without a Kitchen - Day 5
So far so good...
Brad the electrician just finished up his work after two days worth of showing up pretty much on time and working hard, but being nice and friendly, and communicative about what was needed. I would highly recommend him to anyone I knew doing a remodel. He did a great job of helping me figure out what I wanted where, and even hooked me up with a plastering/patching guy who's supposed to show up tomorrow - very short notice - to get the holes covered up before the cabinet installers come on Monday. Brad will be back next week to finish up the lighting and other wiring that has to wait till the cabinets are in.
In chatting with him, we discovered that Julie and his son were born one day apart, and his wife is due with their next a couple of months after our new baby is due. Having a worker around the house all day is a little awkward no matter how nice the person is, but it was a little easier being around someone who understood Julie's two-year-old behavior without raising an eyebrow.
The plumbers came and did their stuff on Tuesday - in and out within half an hour - they'll be back next week to follow up as well. Could it be possible that I'll really have a kitchen back by the end of next week?!!!
On the surviving without a kitchen front - well, we've been dipping into the frozen food section at the grocery store a little more than I'd hoped. It's been a fun walk down memory lane - we got to talking about our favorite Swanson's frozen dinners from when we were kids, and today I went and bought a couple for Joe and me to eat tonight. He's having fried chicken, I'm having the mexican enchilada version. My favorite as a kid was the salisbury steak, but in the current version they have it paired with some sorry looking green-beans and it just didn't look as appetizing as it used to. I'd rather have the current-day Lean Cuisine version that comes with mac and cheese even if it means I have to live without the chocolate brownie square. After all, there is still leftover birthday cake in the freezer.
I don't know whether it is all the prepackaged food or an early version of what I experienced last time I was pregnant, but I have had some fierce heartburn this week. Normally, I NEVER get heartburn. But the last trimester with Julie I had it constantly no matter what I ate or drank. I got heartburn from drinking water. The night before the scheduled c-section, we went to Red Lobster because I was craving those evil cheese biscuits (which are the only real reason to visit Red Lobster). I was up most of that night with the worst heartburn I've ever had, and thank goodness, it went away as soon as the kid was out! I'm really hoping that once I start cooking meals again, it will subside at least for a couple of months till this baby really cramps my stomach's style.
Speaking of the new baby - she's wiggling around quite a bit these days. Joe was able to feel her moving with his hand on my belly for the first time earlier this week. She tends to wake up right when I get into bed to go to sleep, which makes trying to fall asleep interesting when I want to lay there and enjoy the weird sensation of a baby wiggling around inside me. I'm starting to feel more motivated to think about names - we have a horrible time picking out names, but there's still plenty of time to find the right one for this little girl.
Brad the electrician just finished up his work after two days worth of showing up pretty much on time and working hard, but being nice and friendly, and communicative about what was needed. I would highly recommend him to anyone I knew doing a remodel. He did a great job of helping me figure out what I wanted where, and even hooked me up with a plastering/patching guy who's supposed to show up tomorrow - very short notice - to get the holes covered up before the cabinet installers come on Monday. Brad will be back next week to finish up the lighting and other wiring that has to wait till the cabinets are in.
In chatting with him, we discovered that Julie and his son were born one day apart, and his wife is due with their next a couple of months after our new baby is due. Having a worker around the house all day is a little awkward no matter how nice the person is, but it was a little easier being around someone who understood Julie's two-year-old behavior without raising an eyebrow.
The plumbers came and did their stuff on Tuesday - in and out within half an hour - they'll be back next week to follow up as well. Could it be possible that I'll really have a kitchen back by the end of next week?!!!
On the surviving without a kitchen front - well, we've been dipping into the frozen food section at the grocery store a little more than I'd hoped. It's been a fun walk down memory lane - we got to talking about our favorite Swanson's frozen dinners from when we were kids, and today I went and bought a couple for Joe and me to eat tonight. He's having fried chicken, I'm having the mexican enchilada version. My favorite as a kid was the salisbury steak, but in the current version they have it paired with some sorry looking green-beans and it just didn't look as appetizing as it used to. I'd rather have the current-day Lean Cuisine version that comes with mac and cheese even if it means I have to live without the chocolate brownie square. After all, there is still leftover birthday cake in the freezer.
I don't know whether it is all the prepackaged food or an early version of what I experienced last time I was pregnant, but I have had some fierce heartburn this week. Normally, I NEVER get heartburn. But the last trimester with Julie I had it constantly no matter what I ate or drank. I got heartburn from drinking water. The night before the scheduled c-section, we went to Red Lobster because I was craving those evil cheese biscuits (which are the only real reason to visit Red Lobster). I was up most of that night with the worst heartburn I've ever had, and thank goodness, it went away as soon as the kid was out! I'm really hoping that once I start cooking meals again, it will subside at least for a couple of months till this baby really cramps my stomach's style.
Speaking of the new baby - she's wiggling around quite a bit these days. Joe was able to feel her moving with his hand on my belly for the first time earlier this week. She tends to wake up right when I get into bed to go to sleep, which makes trying to fall asleep interesting when I want to lay there and enjoy the weird sensation of a baby wiggling around inside me. I'm starting to feel more motivated to think about names - we have a horrible time picking out names, but there's still plenty of time to find the right one for this little girl.
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