I was on a bit of a learning curve yesterday. Thanks to all of your Thanksgiving comments....apparently Thanksgiving dinner in the US is more of an event than Christmas dinner ! Who knew! Hey ho!
Anyhow...
I'm beginning to feel that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Yesterday three fitters squeezed into the cottage as the dogs and I squeezed out. I bought them all takeaway coffees and cakes and went out for the day.
When I got home in the afternoon, things had moved forward rather nicely.
Today I am going to drink coffee in Marks and Spencer's cafe. They have wifi and I can complete lots of web " paperwork" out of the way of the mess, banging and stress of hearing hairy arsed strangers sitting in the loo whistling.
Anyhow...
I'm beginning to feel that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Yesterday three fitters squeezed into the cottage as the dogs and I squeezed out. I bought them all takeaway coffees and cakes and went out for the day.
When I got home in the afternoon, things had moved forward rather nicely.
Today I am going to drink coffee in Marks and Spencer's cafe. They have wifi and I can complete lots of web " paperwork" out of the way of the mess, banging and stress of hearing hairy arsed strangers sitting in the loo whistling.
Oooh, it's all coming along nicely. I have kitchen envy, ours at the moment is a corner in our sitting room! Still it's not far from cooker to sofa ;) I always laugh out loud at some of your throw away comments then have to explain to my BF why I'm laughing and it doesn't always translate that well! He gets the stress of having workers in though, but only because he used to be one of those hairy arsed builders, haha :D
ReplyDeleteI'm 55 and this will be my first kitchen all of my own
DeleteI hope you'd stuck some (straight) hairs over the drawer-openings, a little, non-conspicuous talcum powder here and there, particularly in the vicinity of your valuables, and noted the precise positions you'd left mags and things. If you put your trust in them they've got to prove they deserved it.
ReplyDeleteYou cynic
DeleteWow, Raybeard, I learnt those techniques from the Hardy Boys, I think, or was it the Famous Five ;)
DeleteWell, there you are, Yarrow. I was going back merely to 007 which, compared to your examples, was a mere five minutes ago!
DeleteI hoped it was tongue in cheek; always difficult to tell on line.
DeleteSome gay men have fantasies about straight tradies. An attractive straight tradie is a rare beast. Most of them are gross, if not in their looks, their behaviour. Good that you bribed them to do a good job with coffee and cake.
ReplyDeleteThey get cream cakes tomorrow
DeleteYou bought the dogs takeaway coffee and cakes? What did you give to the kitchen fitters?
ReplyDeleteI like your wallpaper.
ReplyDeletehahahahahahahahahaha
DeleteI was going to say great tile !
All looking nicely done. Enjoy your time away from all the noise and stress. Warm greetings!
ReplyDeleteThank you I am never going to leave my lovely room!
DeleteWow that looks fab john
ReplyDeleteI'm rather pleased this afternoon as they've almost finished
DeleteHairy arsed strangers sitting in the loo whistling. That's the real price of a new kitchen.
ReplyDeleteAnd worth every note and strain
DeleteLooks great, clean and fresh. It's so exciting to have a shiny new kitchen, enjoy.
ReplyDeleteLooking fab, don't blame you for escaping though. What is it with builders and whistling? drives me barmy!
ReplyDeleteYou haven't taken Winnie away from men in overalls have you ! Oooh you meanie !
ReplyDeleteI brought her back from eirlys' farm early yesterday for to meet them all
Deleteawwwwwwwwww that is so nice for such a gud dug !
DeleteComing along nicely! What do the countertop and backsplash look like? -Jenn
ReplyDeleteCountertops oak and backsplash green tiles
DeleteIt looks really good, John.
ReplyDeleteIt will be finished ( apart from the tiling and floor- they get done next week)
Delete21st century modern in a 19th century cottage - BRAVO!
ReplyDeleteLooks good, I need to do that someday. Stay brave, it will be worth it when it is finished.
ReplyDeleteWould it be better if the strangers weren't hairy-arsed? Or didn't whistle? Or both?
ReplyDeleteI wonder what they say about me
DeleteIt's the perfect time to get a kitchen fitted in the US, as then you cannot be expected to cook Thanksgiving dinner for the hoardes......!
ReplyDeleteMy turn to cook Christmas dinner
DeleteOh it is going to be so beautiful , soon ! It will be all light and new and fresh .. happy for you :)
ReplyDeleteThanks chuck
Deletechuck" ??
DeleteIt's a friendly north England saying
DeleteIt basically means friend
Bringing the cottage into the 21st century tastefully. It's going to look so great.
ReplyDeleteI wanted classic but relaxed
DeleteThat's lookin' good; and just in time for Crimbo!
ReplyDeleteIt looks really nice, it'll brighten up the cottage wonderfully. So now you'll need new pinnies and tea towels to compliment the new kitchen ... and turn you into a complete domestic goddess ;-)
ReplyDeleteAll bought sue! And hidden away
DeleteThis is looking very nice.
ReplyDeleteThank you Michelle....look tomorrow, they finish tomorrow
DeleteI could sit at your able and admire that kitchen for hours. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI just keep smiling...when they gave me the remote for the lights I squealed like a pig
DeleteMy turkey is in the oven, stuffed and salted, and I am sitting here with a cup of coffee and feeling quite cheerful on an overcast day and thinking that I am thankful to have found the window into your life which you present us with. Thank you, John Gray.
ReplyDeleteNice kitchen.
I'm wetting my panties as the worktop are just going on! Tomorrow they finish!
DeleteLooking good, hairy arsed or not, they're doing a grand job...exciting.
ReplyDeleteThey are too! It's chocolate eclairs for them tomorrow
DeleteLooking really really nice!
ReplyDeleteExciting times.
ReplyDeleteHave you planned the menu for the first time you can cook in your new kitchen?
Nice!! It's going to be so bright and cheery. I'm glad it's going smoothly so far.
ReplyDeleteAnd if they didn't whistle, you might hear things you'd rather not -- or at least that is the theory. Whistling doesn't really do much of a job covering that up.
Wow! It already looks incredible!
ReplyDeleteTime unveil it tomorrow on line! I've just creamed my knickers as I have a radio controlled light switch
DeleteYou will be cooking/baking up a storm in that beautiful kitchen!!
ReplyDeleteLooking good--I am so pleased for you! It already has a fresh, clean, and homey feel to it. I can hardly wait to see the finished kitchen.
ReplyDeleteWe have radio controlled lights too! I m so excited
DeleteYou must be excited, John - that's the third time you've said that!! We'll need a video, you know. "Lights up. Lights down. Lights up. Lights down." etc
DeleteIt looks great and I bet the men are fantastic.
ReplyDeleteThey have impressed me hard working, precise and polite
DeleteOOOOOOH kitchens is taking shape, can I confess to an addiction to M and S devon scones and clotted cream and strawberry jam (as well as a really well turned out scotch egg ahh school days of all things...m and s had runny middles last year.:(
ReplyDeletePS further to your above comment John I have also always wanted to look..classic and relaxed. Very rarely pulled it off though .
ReplyDeleteMe neither
DeleteOne thing about Thanksgiving that I did not see mentioned is that it is a universal holiday here in the US. No religious affiliation. So while everyone might not celebrate Xmas or Passover or whatever, theoretically everyone celebrates Thanksgiving. So perhaps that is why it is a bigger day. No presents, no children, no Santa, no religions, just gratitude? [of course now the PC police don't approve of the holiday, so who knows what the future may bring?]
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I envision many lovely memories made in your amazingly cool kitchen! I like the lines of the kitchen too!
ReplyDeleteLooking good.
ReplyDeleteThis looks so good!
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