Don't get around much any more

My kitchen remodel is taking shape, and will be done soon, but not as soon as I would like (i.e. it isn't finished today).
Sorry I haven't been on my blog as much as I would like to be. Very often, the heavy-duty extension cord providing power to this end of the house is disavailable, much to my regret.
See you all when I can, friends and fans, and fans who are friends, and vice versa.

Lovely, huh? Ol lino floor, with some subfloor, broken (perhaps) dishwasher, and the table that's been serving as our countertop for two weeks. For one of those weeks, was away, visiting my family. Dick and Lindy did just fine without me and without a real kitchen.

The fridge is moving to the other side (see above) of the room, so  I will have counter space on both sides of my stove. I'll also have it on both sides of the sink. And I'll have it where the fridge opens, so I don't have to put plastic bags of Lindy's vegetables onto the stove. (I hate doing that.) Paper bags are worse, firewise, but don't smell as bad when they melt on the burners.

Bear with me, friends in the blogosphere. I'll try to make it to the computer if and when I can, if the path to my computer chair isn't blocked and/or if my computer chair isn't full of things-to-find-new-homes-for.
K

Cupboard love, "C" for ABC Wednesday

All photos
from Google

"Cupboard love" is an English phrase referring to affection that is given purely to gain a reward.

The term derives from the way in which a cat will give the cupboard, which contains its food, superficial "love" (which is not normally exhibited) when it wants to be fed.

The phrase is most often applied to human activity, for example when a child will say "I love you so much" before or after requesting a treat, such as an ice cream.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupboard_love

Our dog Lindy is particularly affectionate when she wants to be fed. This can be quite charming, because an affectionate Lindy is a joy to behold. However, she wants to be fed all the time!

This month I have turned the phrase "Cupboard love" into an obsession with cupboards.
My husband has let me talk to cabinetmakers, and look at sample cabinets, and do online research, and he even holds one end of the measuring tape when I want to check, double-check, and re-check our kitchen.
We have a little old house, with a little old kitchen. It was such a cute little place I didn't even notice there were only two drawers in the kitchen, but I noticed as soon as I moved in. My husband was conveniently out of town on business when the move took place, but my best friend Judith came out from her home on an island off the coast of British Columbia, to help me settle in. Over the course of a very long friendship, she has moved my things so many times she says she could do it with her eyes closed.

Fortunately for Judith, she has escaped to an island much farther away (Great Britain) and my husband is still hoping to be out of town on business if and when this kitchen reno takes place, so the dog and I will be left on our own to supervise the process.

I often think of Denise Nesbitt and her husband, who also live in Britain, and who have just gone through the kitchen renovation process together, so I thought this would be an appropriate topic for the letter "C" in Mrs. Nesbitt's longstanding meme,
ABC Wednesday.