The house continues to be a challenge. May I show you the picture of what is going to be our new abode in less than 8 days?
Please note the blue tarp, it’s all the rage in
So we'll be moving into a home with part of the roof missing & some of the walls not quite all there (kinda like me right now) and a blue tarp flapping in the breeze.
But I continue to pack with no place to move anything just yet..
Does this sound even remotely like the plans I had?
On a positive note we do have running water (cold only at this point), it was hooked up today & we do have electric. The septic tank is in but not hooked up yet. So we hold it....
NiMo assured me we'll have gas by the time we move in. This is a good thing because the only heat source will be one vent free gas fireplace for the four rooms we'll be living in. The radiant heat flooring can't be started until the house is totally buttoned up.
The floors are concrete & will not be able to have the hardwoods put down until sometime close to Thanksgiving, since the radiant heat needs to run a few weeks to be sure all the moisture is out of the concrete before you lay the floor. The floors are covered with construction debris, mud, drywall goop & who knows what else. How the heck do you clean them? Barefoot will not be an option for awhile I'm thinking.
But none of this is as bad as the fact that I now have to cook dinner. Every night!!!!!
Can you believe it??? I can deal with the rest of it, but cooking?
I foolishly in a moment of weakness offered to help with dinner, since Tom doesn't get in until 7 most nights & by the time he has a cocktail, makes a few phone calls, showers & makes dinner, it’s getting quite late. “Help” is quite a subjective term. Somehow dinner every night is now MY responsibility!
So being the trooper that I am, I went out & bought a crock pot & a crock pot cookbook.
Well the “Dinner meal time solution for the busy cook” is a crock of s#%t
(no pun intended), someone has to get up every morning & chop & slice & dice & brown & assemble all those “Quick & Easy “ ingredients in to the damn pot. So we can have a “Quick, Easy & Tasty Meal on the Table in Minutes”! Poppycock!! My husband is still alive & 20 pounds lighter. I rest my case.
Other than that, nothing terribly new or exciting. Doesn't look like we'll be celebrating Columbus day anywhere this year but in our own new world.
We miss you guys & love you~stay in touch; we'll update you when we can.
Lots of Love & Hugs & Kisses-
Martha the Crotchety Crock Potter & Tom the Tool Man