New Kitchen, Part One

I've been working many hours a day to get things put away, and am almost done.  The new layout of the cupboards is so different from how my old ones were, that I'm having trouble deciding where to put some of the things.  I normally visit everyone's blog who leaves comments for me, and also others I try to follow.  I hope to get things done around here, and be able to get back to blog reading this week.

People told me I would make the kitchen homey.  I didn't have time to post the whole kitchen.  The homiest part will be in the next post.

I told Larry the first thing I would cook on the new stove would be spaghetti, since that's one of his favorite foods, and I haven't been making it much lately.  I was able to fix some today, and sat on a stool in the kitchen while Larry sat at the one chair we have out so far.  The dining room is still full of stuff.

Our walk through is in the morning.  There are some things that need to be fixed, but we are had a good experience with the remodel, and are pleased with most of how it turned out.  It has been more emotional for me than I realized it would.  When I looked through my other kitchen posts to see if there was a photo that showed if the south cupboard had drawers on it, the before photos of the kitchen caused me to grieve a bit for the loss of the old kitchen, and felt sorry for it, like I had broken up with it or something.

I wonder how long it will take for me to not be unhappy the dishwasher is running because I want to use the microwave or get water from the sink, and then be tickled at remembering it doesn't matter.  Now, the kitchen can be used when the dishwasher is running, which was what made me want to remodel.  No longer will a fuse blow, and there is room to maneuver.

Some of us are enjoying spring, and others will be soon.  We have only had one day above 60.  I got some lettuce and such planted that day, and cleaned up one of the flower beds.  This week, we are supposed to get some 50s.  I hope to make it out to garden at least one day.

Gonna Flaunt Them

Katarina, at Roses and Stuff already has her Blooming Friday post up, as it is Friday in Sweden.  When I went to get the link, I saw that Tootsie from Tootsie Time hasFertilizer Friday post up, too.  Katarina's theme is to find a photo that illustrates summer.  I should have read that before exporting my few spring blooms, but Katarina never minds if we stray from her theme.  It's bed time, so I'm going to go ahead and post them, and one photo of the kitchen from today.  It's amazing to see the progress.  They think they will be finished tomorrow.  There are a few problems, but they plan to take care of them.

The first several photos are of the same clump of crocuses.  The yellow ones are the ones I showed when in bud.

The party dress hellebore is starting to open.

This clump of crocus is near the curb.

I'll post more photos tomorrow or when I get some things on the shelves.

Foliage Follow up and a Couple Kitchen Pics from Today

Pam, at Digging hosts Foliage Follow-up on the 16th of the month.  It was touch and go, but I got some photos taken today, and put a post together while visiting with my son about gardening and what he would like to plant in front of the house he, his wife, and son just moved into last summer.  We're staying with them while our kitchen is being remodeled.  They got lots done today.

The daffodils are getting larger.  

The lamiums are getting ready to see how far I will let them spread.

The arum may be thinking about getting spready, like they are in other areas.

I'm glad to see the different varieties of perennial geraniums are greening up.

This is one of the mystery plants I had asked for help in identifying last year.  I think these turned out to be poppies, which never bloomed.

The phlox are looking OK.

Some of the tulips are coming up.  I need to loosen the leaves that were flattened by all the snow we had.

Autumn joy sedum foliage is looking good to me.

I'm happy that most of the spooky dianthus made it over the winter, but sad that the seeds are no longer available, so once they die out, I won't be able to get them any more.

The iris foliage isn't so pretty, but the plants look like they will be growing nicely.

This starts with a "b" but its name is not coming to my brain.

This was taken the 15th, and shows the foliage and the different lengths of the stems of the blooms on the River Nile begonia.

The cupboards are all out, and the lazy Susan installed.  They had to adjust the ceiling above the steps to the basement.  The recessed lights are in.  I was mortified that they had to go into my cluttered room to do something with the wiring.  I made a path to help the electrician get back out so he wouldn't have to take such big steps.  

I asked this guy if it was OK for me to take a picture.  He said he didn't want to be in one, but then, I asked if it was OK for his feet to be in one, and he consented.

The new windows are in, too, and I don't know why this typing was smaller until I enlarged it, and appears to be a different font.  I like it, though.

I took more photos from my iphone when I went back to get some things I forgot this evening.  I don't have what I need with me to get the photos to the computer.  I'll get some more tomorrow.  I hope to get some time to visit the GBBD and Foliage Follow-up posts in the next few days.