;

Archive for March 17th, 2008

Adversity, I Spit Upon You

Mar
17

Steve-the-Builder: “This oven doesn’t fit.”

Me: “It has to fit. It’s the size oven the people who built the cabinets told me would fit.”

Steve-the-Builder: “It doesn’t fit.”

It would take 10 more days to order and get in another oven. And I’m tired of sandwiches. I miss my own cooking. And I can’t take any more adversity. I explain all of this to Steve-the-Builder. And contemplate sobbing.

Me: “Now is the time to get out your bionic arm and shove it in there.”





Steve-the-Builder figured and finagled. He got out saws and drills.





He sliced out an entire piece of cabinet. He got more wood and cut it up. He climbed inside the oven hole.





Then he got out his bionic arm and he shoved it in there. And it fit and it looked right, just like it was supposed to be that way and as if he didn’t have to spend six hours reconfiguring the cabinets to make it happen.

And then he put on the cooktop. (Countertop color not accurate in this picture–bright worklight in the kitchen.)



I’m cooking with gas!!

I have a kitchen.

I am so baking bread today. And giving some to Steve-the-Builder.

Comments 29 Comments
Share: |    Subscribe to my feed Subscribe
Posted by Suzanne McMinn | Permalink  

More posts you might enjoy:


Sign up for the Chickens in the Road Newsletter



Sunset at the New Farmhouse

Mar
17

Comments Comments
Share: |    Subscribe to my feed Subscribe
Posted by Suzanne McMinn | Permalink  

More posts you might enjoy:


Sign up for the Chickens in the Road Newsletter



Daily Farm

IMG_1830











If you would like to help support the overhead costs of this website, you may donate. Thank you!

Sign up for the
Chickens in the Road Newsletter




The Slanted Little House

"It was a cold wintry day when I brought my children to live in rural West Virginia. The farmhouse was one hundred years old, there was already snow on the ground, and the heat was sparse-—as was the insulation. The floors weren’t even, either. My then-twelve-year-old son walked in the door and said, “You’ve brought us to this slanted little house to die." Keep reading our story....



Today on Chickens in the Road


Join the Community in the Forum

Search This Blog



Out My Window

39°F Fair

Walton, WV



I Love Your Comments

Rolling in Clover

"Cookies are good." Read my barnyard stories....

Entire Contents © Copyright 2004-2012 ChickensintheRoad.com.
Text and photographs may not be published, broadcast, redistributed or aggregated without express permission. Thank you.

Privacy Policy, Disclosure, Disclaimer, and Terms of Use

Contact