I’m Gonna Bake Me Some Pies, Some Turkey….

After existing on snack foods and hamburgers for four months, I am hankering for some real cooked food. We have been thinking about where we will be placing stuff in the new kitchen. It’s so exciting! But the cabinets we got are a bit narrow… and we were used to the very wide (and ugly) old ones. We will have to organize very well.

I also have had visions of roasting turkey… mmmm…. I actually spotted some wild turkeys along the side of the highway today, while driving to Home Depot (again). I have to admit, I started to drool. Wow, roasted turkey… ooohhhhhh I can smell it now… I hope those turkeys got some good policies from their www.wholesaleinsurance.net/, cuz their days are numbered!

I want to bake pies again. I bought a TON of pie crusts at the grocery store, in anticipation. Right now, I do not have time to bake, but I will soon. Boy, that turkey and those pies make me drool.

Did you ever have to go without a stove for an extended time? What did you dream of baking when you finally were able to cook again?

I Boiled Water Today!

That may not sound like bloggable news to you, but it sure is to me!!

We haven’t been able to boil water on the stove in FOUR months. Today was the day, baby! It was like getting new toys, I tell you what!

In case you have no idea what I am babbling about– we have gutted our kitchen and dining room, and are slowly restoring it. It’s been nearly four months since the plaster and lathe was torn out. It’s been a loooooong four months. Yow.

Well, we got the stove hooked up today. It was quite the adventure. In an old house, nothing is level, nothing is predictable. We had to drill a hole up from the basement to snake the electric cable to the service plug. Yeah, rrrright, JUST drill a simple hole, right? I’ll spare you the painful details, but we finally got it after trial #3.

So the son boiled water and boiled some edamame for us tonight. It was SO good. I stuffed myself with them.

Thank God, things are starting to come together.

Hot Hot Hot

Ugh.

New York State is experiencing one of the worst heatwaves in a long time. This is Day 4 of 90+ degree temperatures, with today forecast to be the hottest of all. No real relief until Saturday, and then the heat is back for Monday.

WE’RE THE FROZEN CHOSEN! We don’t want any heatwaves!!! I don’t, anyway. I have been sweating so much that I look like a prune. I am going to need some of the best eye wrinkle cream to fix this…

Anyway, I’m obviously not doing a lot of cooking. Besides having no kitchen and dining room, the heat makes it impossible to do anything. Our temporary kitchen is in our attached garage, where it is blistering hot. So we may pop in there briefly to grab some coffee or ice cubes, but we’re not staying in for any length of time. I wish I had recipes to share. I can’t even *think* about food right now. Except a Coolata. Now that’s what I would like, a Coolata! (I recently discovered them at Dunkin Donuts. Mmmm the Vanilla Bean is SOOO good).

Eating on the Run…

Whoooooaaaaa. I am busy these days. No kitchen has really caused a lot of disruption in the house. You really never know HOW important the kitchen is until you lose it… I knew the renovation would be tough, but wow. This. Is. Tough. Who needs quickweightloss.org when you’re too busy to cook and eat? I’ve lost about 10 pounds so far, I think. I eat on the run most of the time. Unfortunately, I also find myself ordering pizza or Chinese food because I’m too busy and exhausted to cook after a long day of renovating or working. I really, really can’t wait until this is over.

Anyway, on the bright side, I am building the kitchen. The project is taking so long because we are also building the dining room, redoing the plumbing, wiring the house, and installing a new heating system all at the same time. We really have to do it now, now that the walls are open. So that causes a delay.

I went to the store to choose my cabinets. Haven’t ordered them yet, as they tell me the cabinets are all in stock. I would get them NOW if I had the space to store them, but I don’t. Everything is in great disarray here… I have yet to find places to store the drywall, the flooring, and the paint. UGH.

But these are the cabinets I have chosen.

Believe me, they are not that yellow. They are more of a light brown. They are solid wood, inexpensive, and easy to assemble. *sigh* I can’t wait until I have it all done, so I can blog about cooking again!

I Did Wonder…

… what my son was doing in the kitchen that was taking him so long… LOL

Is it just in this area, or are you finding fruits and vegetables to be horribly expensive lately? I cannot afford to buy fruit, the prices are terrible! One tiny little cantaloupe slightly larger than a softball is almost $3! Watermelons the size of a basketball are $8! A bag of oranges are almost $8! Yow. I have a garden, but it’s all vegetables. The kids love their fruit… I cannot keep it stocked.

I sure hope my little apple trees start producing mega fruit in the near future. I wanted to get another tree this year, but we’re doing a kitchen renovation and all my cash is tied up in buying drywall and stuff like a ceiling fan, etc. The kitchen is turning out to be GORGEOUS, by the way!! I can’t wait to actually cook in it! I’ll be posting a lot of new stuff here, believe me!

If you’re interested in knowing about our progress on the renovation, see my home blog, New York Renovator.com.

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