On Monday, my kitchen cupboards are being ripped out and replaced. This afternoon, I started clearing them out. Then I realized I still needed to order a couple of appliances. It’s possible all the demolition and installation would be completed on Monday so the microwave oven for over the stove needed to get ordered and delivered by then. I ordered the fridge at the same time but it can be installed at any time. One of my friends expressed an interest in taking the old fridge so if she doesn’t commit to that, it’ll be sitting in my front hall for a while until someone else comes and gets it. The appliance guys could take it away (for a fee) but it still works perfectly so I didn’t want it just to go to a dump.
The sales person was able to give me the delivery date of Saturday (two days from now) and kindly gave me ‘free delivery’ by knocking the value of the delivery fee off the price of the appliances. On the bill of sale, the delivery fee will still show so the deliverers will get paid and it will look like I got a deal on the microwave and fridge. I much appreciated this.
I’m taking it easy this evening but will continue emptying the cupboards on the weekend. Most stuff is going in the dining room - on the table with all the leaves inserted, and on the floor. I’m also taking the opportunity to get rid of stuff I haven’t used in ages, either to the recycling bin, donation box, or garbage.
After the cupboards are installed, measurements will be made for the countertop. It’ll be a couple of weeks before it is manufactured and installed. In the meantime, I won’t have a sink or running water in the kitchen but can do dishes in the laundry tub. My laundry room is just steps away from the kitchen on the main floor. The fridge will be plugged in somewhere and I can prepare food with my current microwave or use the toaster oven. I think I’ve got things most of the logistics figured out.
I watched the announcement of the new Pope with interest this afternoon. I am not a theist but it is a historical moment and very important to over a billion Catholics worldwide. The TV announcers didn’t figure out his papal name when it was announced in Latin but with my high school Latin, I thought what the cardinal said was ‘Leo XIV’. After a few minutes the TV announcers confirmed it. I hope Pope Leo XIV will continue to be as accepting as he predecessor.
On the craft front, I started another pair of two-at-a-time, scrappy, striped socks. Only a couple more inches to go on the cuffs.
I’ll use the coordinating fabric I bought for the lining. Not sure when I’ll be able to do the sewing - the house is in chaos - but all I need to do now is cut the lining and batting, cut the vinyl, and pick a zipper.
One of the table gifts I received at the Hobby House retreat was a scissor fob. I’ve been using it as a zipper pull on one of my project bags and it broke the other day. A quick task will be to re-string the beads with sturdier wire. I’ll make a couple more zipper pulls while I’m at it. A couple of my stitcherly friends want to make some beaded zipper pulls/scissor fobs so we can discuss when I’ll give them a tutorial.
Tomorrow 5 of us are meeting in Millbrook to attend a quilt show and go for lunch. Again, I certainly don’t NEED any quilting supplies but it will be fun to have a nice day out and look at beautiful handiwork.
And finally, today is World Donkey Day! Francey texted me this morning to make me aware of it. I have no recollection of this but I did a blog post on last year’s World Donkey Day. You can read about it here.
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