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Another Replay

When we first moved in to this house I wrote this post:

 

The other day I was on the floor, adding another log to the woodstove and when I turned my head towards the kitchen, this was my view. I thought it was an interesting vantage point from which to see the ceiling beams.
It also hid the crumbs of breakfast that were left and the need-to-be-replaced counters.
This is definitely one of the 'before' shots for Before and Afters. When the 'After' will be is anyone's guess. I'm also thinking of painting the cupboards (heresy to some) but I'm not allowed until after the new countertop is installed. It is the most rustic looking part of the house.

 

Fast forward. I'm not sure I would consider this a complete "After". I'm still waiting for the new countertops. But well, time passed and hell hasn't frozen over, so here is the kitchen with the old tiled ones. I painted the cupboards this summer after threatening to many times and my darling husband is still undecided and would like to rip the whole thing out in it's entirety for a new kitchen. "But those are real wood cupboards", I tell him, again and again. I win, simply because there are no funds for a new kitchen.

  

I've moved the kitchen table because it was never used except as a surface on which to dump everything no one wanted to deal with. And the fruit bowl. So now an old couch sits there under the window with good light for reading and hanging out with the chief cook/scullery maid (me).

So, imagine concrete and stainless steel for the counters. More conventional surfaces would require too many joins because we have many unusual angles and that beam, as you can see.

 I'm now waiting/hoping? for a plumber to fix the leak under the sink and then "someone" thinks that that whole cabinet has to be redone (so it has not been painted) and the sink replaced, all before the counter can go on and... hell freezing over, you know what I mean.

My project 365 photo for today? 

More blue,  stolen from summer photos.

  

Because in actual fact everything outside is still so very dull and I couldn't face posting another grey one.

Archival: Before and After

I've just spent too long this morning reading my own blog.

I've been searching through the archives, way back to April 2004 when I started writing in this tiny space.

I thought revisiting some old posts occasionally might be interesting. But then, an hour an a half later I had to actually choose one of them. I was looking at summer posts specifically because the tip of my nose is cold sitting here and remembering the heat of summer is nice. But then I came across this one*, the ending of which made me laugh:

"And for Blackbird's Show and Tell Friday, she wants to see the computer. Here's MACtavish, a G3, the baby of our MAC family. I love my Logitech cordless mouse. Where it all happens, baby. Try to contain your excitement."

 My, we humans are creatures of habit, aren't we?

Here is my computer space now.

 

Even though it's in a different house and I had more room and different desks to choose from, I plunked it down in the same arrangement. (Woot, the walls are green,too! Although a different shade..)

The computer is different, still a MAC ( still the slowest one in the house, so it is mine, because no one else wants to use it, but hey, slow is a relative term and I don't play computer games) The keyboard is brand new from this Christmas. 

 It sits in a better location. Again it's under a skylight, although that did not help on this grey January day. It is right beside the kitchen for easy access to online recipes. I can also see the television in the living room (who's a multi-tasker?) It's right in the middle of everything, which is where I like to be in the house.

Below the computer, not shown, is one of those silly Ikea pillows that you can stick your feet into. 

Because my toes are cold, too.

Note to self: Next time, do summer.

* Interestingly, the beginning of the post was Knitting Olympic related, a hot topic over here today.