Weekly update: now we're cooking!

"Now you're cooking!" was a phrase my mother often used. She'd sometimes add, "with gas."  Since both the houses we lived in when I grew up had mid-century "All Electric!" kitchens, electric stoves were all I knew.   The first gas range I cooked on was in my apartment in Texas -- a post-war 24" Roper. I had to use a kitchen match to light the burners and the oven. (The heat came from a Dearborn gas space heater that also required matchlight ....but I digress.)     HERE is more about the origin of "now you're cooking with gas." 

And now I really am cooking with gas.  The appliances were installed on Friday.  The stove and microwave came in from the garage.  The new refrigerator and dishwasher were hooked up.  That evening I cooked dinner and dessert IN THE OVEN for the first time in six weeks.

The new faucet is cool, though.

The day before that the plumber installed the faucet and disposer.  Uh-oh.  The disposer is on the right.  I wanted it on the left.   Then I tried to *use* the sink.  Oh, no!  The sink is MUCH smaller than I anticipated. (Yes, I chose it. Yes, I thought it was "about" the same size as the old one. I was wrong.)  The left basin is 14" and the right basin is 10," not enough for many pots and certainly not for a dish drainer.   When the contractor came to check things out I asked what can be done, considering that it's an undermount sink in a quartz counter that is firmly in place.  I showed him the size I wanted (the pre-1985 sink reinstalled in the basement: two 14.5" basins).   He called the counter top guy.  They can enlarge the sink cutout in place and install the larger style, but it will have to be overmount.  All they will charge is the cost of the sink. (And the plumber will switch the disposer.)  WHEW!  (And a couple of friends have said that with undermounts the counter edge gets chipped after a while.)


The cabinet hardware will be installed tomorrow.   Glass goes into the cabinet doors above the sink.  Some shelves are yet to be put in and I want to tweak the configuration of a couple.

THEN I can figure out where to put all the dishes and the food.






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I made a couple of new potholders for the new kitchen.

My friend Erika invited me to her P.E.O. chapter's holiday party on Thursday night.  The gift exchange was items beginning with the letter O.  (Last year was E and the year before was P. Get it?)  I thought there'd be olives and olive oil, oregano, and oranges so I made an Original Ohio Star runner to Ornament the recipient's table.

However, I didn't go to the party after all. I suffered from the flu all week long -- just a slight fever last Sunday, but much coughing and even more sniffling every day. I did not feel up to going anywhere, especially when I was using a dozen tissues an hour.  The Original Ohio Star will wait for another Occasion.    [Runner is 15 x 45.]



Part 3 of Frolic, the Quiltville mystery, was easy!  I like making half-square triangles.  Here they are in their Snapware box.


I did muster enough strength to go fabric shopping.  (I'd have to be at death's door to NOT do that.)  A Joann's in the area is closing. The manager told me that the lease is up in January and corporate wants to relocate to a newer building with fewer structural problems.  Everything in the store was 30% off. They didn't honor coupons so a lot of things weren't very much of a bargain. However, the 30% applied to the lowest price on the clearance section meaning that a gray tag (50% off) was 30% off that.  I shopped judiciously.

My goal was to find setting fabric for the  log cabin blocks from late November.  I succeeded, but you'll need to tune in to the next post for a picture.

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P.S. I would really like to make something on the stovetop, like an omelet or pancakes, but the frying pans are buried in a box somewhere.  I do have access to two Corning Ware pots, though.