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Sunday In the Kitchen

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It’s Sunday morning and we’re heading over to Rick and Doug’s for some yummy French Toast. We’ve all been busy lately and haven’t seen each other in a while and they’re going on a trip next week, so today it is.

A couple of things from the kitchen:

This sign above the kitchen sink. It was hand made by someone I found through blogging. Darned if I can remember who now (if I find the name, I’ll add it here.) Another blogger that I followed had one made and I loved it, so I put in my request.

We really love it. We sometimes forget it’s there as it’s high above the sink.

And this sign:

Sorry, it’s a cloudy day today. You can see from these two photos how greatly the yellow on the kitchen walls can change during the course of a day.

When we moved in here, I knew I wanted a vintage sign for this section of the kitchen wall. It would have to be long and horizontal. We looked and looked but never found anything we could afford. Vintage signs – at least the large ones – are expensive. One day, while working in Heidi’s shop, I was looking through a catalogue and found this. Made to look vintage, but new. It may be a reproduction of an actual brand. Frankly, I’ve never bothered to look.

I decided to go for it. We’ve never regretted it. We really love it.

Okay. Got to get moving!

Happy Sunday.

 

Two Days

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It’s been raining since yesterday and the rain, coupled with snow and ice on the ground, makes for an unattractive landscape. And another icy patch in the parking area, which means I’ll have to salt again. Spring, please come soon. Please.

Provided I can get my car out of here (see above) I’ll pick Don up at the bus station later this morning. He’ll be home for two, or nearly two, days. He’s homesick, and though he loves the NYC apartment, sometimes you just need to be home. Two days off in a row almost never happens in the theater and they have been working 10 hour days for four days in a row. They’re tired.

I can’t wait to see that guy.

More babies. If this is supposed to be the season where houseplants grow dormant, I’m not seeing any evidence of it.

I hope everyone has a lovely day today. I’m making this short because I have to get a move on!

Happy Sunday.

 

Little Changes

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Some late afternoon sun. It may be cold but I can handle it when we have a sunny day like yesterday. And today.

This will seem like a little thing to you, but to us? Big. When we moved in here there was a black microwave – a big one – from the previous owners. Since it worked perfectly well, we kept it. You might remember that the previous stove was black and the dishwasher is black. The refrigerator is white. Go figure. I never liked the black stove and we all know that Stella has taken its place. The dishwasher has never worked so we use it as storage and one of our goals this year is to buy a new one and have someone hook it up correctly. (The very first time I used it 12 years ago, it leaked onto the wood floor.)

So. We’ve had this microwave for 12 years – it still works – but it takes up so much space and ends up being a big black hole on our counter. And counter space is something we have very little of. Fast forward to Don and me in NYC last week as we realized that there was no microwave in the apartment and Don definitely needed one. We bought a small Sunbeam microwave in white from a local hardware store. Perfect size for that small apartment and, we thought, perfect size for us at home! I tried to buy another one from the hardware store before I left for home, but they weren’t open. So I found one online via Wayfair and it was delivered yesterday. It’s not particularly exciting looking, but I have more counter space!

Once we get a working dishwasher, we can get rid of this black one and the dish drainer that lives on the counter and we’ll have even more counter space! Whoo hoo!

Now I have to lug the heavy black microwave out of here and take it to the recycling center.

Also bought this the other day:

It’s another Rae Dunn piece and I hadn’t planned on buying any more of them, but I saw this crock at Home Goods. I can’t resist fonts and graphics. This one is larger than the previous crock we had been using, which is a good thing. And I’ve repurposed the other crock as a pot for the ZZ plant I have upstairs.

I’m trying to figure out when I’m going to the city. I have to be here if the temperatures dip, which they will be doing on Tuesday. So I could go in for the weekend, right? But I’ve just heard from Anastasia  and they want me to check in on the show next week. So I may hold off and go in Tuesday or Wednesday. Then I have to be back by Friday as it’s due to snow.

I can’t wait for Spring when I won’t be tied here due to weather. We’re both frustrated by it, but it’s the reality that comes with living where we do.

Happy Friday.

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