Richard T Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 We're getting a new kitchen. They delivered everything yesterday. Everything that is except ....... the kitchen sink! Richard T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Hope it all arrives in time for Christmas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Oh dear! Hope they sort it out for you quickly! That's one thing you DO need! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 No washing up then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Very funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 so we know what's on yur christmas list!! BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 You'll have to wash up in the bath ... like I've just spent 2 weeks doing ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Not while you're in it though ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Not me personally ... but if I threw in the dishes with the kids (except sharp knives of course) I found I could kill 2 birds with one stone, so to speak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Yours must be cleaner children than mine then Sarah !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Yeah ... possibly, but they did not half winge when the fairy liquid got in their eyes .. maybe should market a no tears formula, for peeps having their kitchens done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lesley Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Seems to be an Omlet forum thing at the moment - having the kitchen done - apart from Richard of course Mines finished, Ginette's is finished SarahJo's is nearly finished - just your sink to go then Richard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 The washing machine is unplugged at the moment too, so we've been having showers with our clothes on (we've only had to buy the one conditioner), and with the dirty dishes around our feet. We've been having a lot of other work done too and the house is in a complete mess with lots of dust everywhere and lots of builders equipment everywhere else. I'm hoping that the builders will start installing the kitchen today (including, for the first time, a dishwasher) and MFI have promised that the sink will be delivered tomorrow morning. So the builders really should be finished by Sunday and then there'll just be decorating. I had to wait in for the kitchen delivery yesterday but luckily Sky TV was having a bit of a Buffy the Vampire Slayer day, so it wasn't a complete waste of a day. Let's hope they're doing the same thing tomorrow morning while I wait for the sink. Richard T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Sounds like just what we all need in the run-up to Christmas. Total nightmare I'm thinking!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 At the moment it's inconvenient bordering on a bad dream. It'll be a nightmare if they decide not to work over the weekend ... but let's not even think about that. The wife (aka HennyPenny) has already found a friend who is going away for Christmas and will let us use their cooker on Christmas Day. Not that it'll come to that. [insert "determined face" emoticon here] Richard T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Richard ... should I tell you my story of the new kitchen ...... Hopefully, the tiler (who should have started on Weds and finished today) will start tomorrow ... after calling in sick . Our main hold up was the granite work-top. But we had an oven installed and working by the end of the 1st week .... but only JUST. The 1st oven was unpacked to reveal a bashed in corner ... dropped on packing, , so got returned, and we had to wait for oven No2. I did learn how to fry eggs though ... using a propane blow-torch ... a bit dangerous, but very satisfying to be able to still give the kids dippy eggs of some sort. You will become a master of the microwave .... and paper plates and bowls save alot on the washing up . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I know, got no oven at the moment (well for 2 weeks actually), got the ex cooking stuff at his place, then I microwave it later. Thankfully the hob still works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted December 15, 2005 Author Share Posted December 15, 2005 Thanks SarahJo - I think. Good luck with yours! I like the idea of the blow torch for frying eggs. Don't know where my blow torch is. I did think about making a bonfire from the s"Ooops, word censored!" wood, cleaning a shovel and concocting something .... I should have watched more of those Ray Mears programmes. I had hoped we would be using paper plates but that idea got vetoed. Also, the "children" - aged 23 and 18 - who usually want take-aways and anything quick and convenient, suddenly want proper cooked meals. Oh well. I'd better go home and see what sort of state the place is in! Bye for now. Richard T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Did I mention earlier the tiler was going to start, late, but never-the-less, tomorrow . Oh .... WRONG .... he's phoned to say Monday now .... don't even want to give odds on my kitchen being done before christmas now. . Richard ... please be careful if blow torching as a method of cooking .. always have somewhere to put the cooking pot down, and preferably have one person torching ... the other holding the food. . With "kids" of that age ... would a BBQ not appeal .... a bit nippy I know, but at least its dry , or so I told myself in the frosty night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popcorn Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I'm surprised you lot haven't gone mad with no cookers (or no kitchens in some cases!) we were thinking of having our kitchen done, but we going to wait until the nights get lighter and a bit warmer so we can get the camping stuff outside if we need to! hope you get your kitchen sink tomorrow Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Clare, that sounds like an excellent plan. I should leave the oven exactly as it is and continue to have all your meals cooked for you! Memo to self: Must get an ex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 Plenty of us here could give you lessons Ginette - but, on the whole, it's not worth it My son and his friends have 'Year Round' Barbecues - once a month, whatever the weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 15, 2005 Share Posted December 15, 2005 I think what I need is a chef of some kind, actually. I'd be lost without my husband, might have to get a job that pays rather than doing one for the love of it! Scary thought! I think barbecues are too much work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted December 16, 2005 Author Share Posted December 16, 2005 The sink arrived this morning! I must say that MFI have been good. While waiting for the sink I hoovered and dusted and hoovered and dusted again, but whatever the builders were doing behind the closed but imperfectly sealed kitchen door it was sending more dust out into the habitable parts of the house. So I just kept at it. Anyway, they seemed to have stopped the dust making by the time I left for work, and the house was looking better than when we got up this morning. Well, it looked as good as a house could look when the hall is full of a kitchen in boxes and the living room is full of other clutter. Thanks for the catering suggestions and sympathy for those who also have builders in and/or are without complete kitchens. It sounds like I'm quite lucky with my builders, even though they are making a heck of a mess, because at least they turn up every morning and have worked quite late on some evenings. (We're actually having more work done than just a new kitchen. We're knocking the kitchen and dining room into one and having the walls replastered, new ceilings fitted and they've sanded the floorboards ready for revarnishing - hence the dust.) Before I met Wendy, four years ago, I'd spent most of the previous ten years without a cooker and a lot of that time with broken microwaves, so I learned to cope with just a toaster, a kettle and a chip shop. But then I was out a lot doing a degree at evening classes and studying at weekends. As for catering arrangements to suit the "kids", I don't think you can ever get anything right when trying to please a teenage boy who only wants to eat pizza (preferably of the nasty Pizza Hut variety) and a girl who is in the "terrible twenties". And they're city kids, which means they're scared of any food that doesn't come wrapped in clingfilm and cardboard. Their reactions to unfamiliar food sometimes brings to mind that Fawlty Towers episode where a young boy complained that the chips were the wrong shape. So my idea of cooking with the car engine while taking a long drive didn't go down well. Kids today eh. Tut. Richard T PS Despite the disruptions, Rita and Mavis, the chickens, are doing fine. 1st eggs due Christmas Day-ish. Hallie, the cat, is a bit disorientated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
