Sometimes at icanstandtheheat, things happen. For example, one might buy a house whose kitchen is sold looking like this:
[Of particular note are the unfinished counter tops (including, though not overly evident here, lack of grout between the 12" tiles used), lack of appliances, dirt, grime, and grease on existing appliances, and just peeking in at the top of the photo: a giant, 1980's style florescent lighting fixture. What you can't see? The abundant mold growth in and around the sink due to improper installation, and the fact that the ceiling was dropped a full foot. We still don't know why. The flooring rode that fine line between not being pastel laminate tiles and being high enough quality laminate wood to actually come clean every now and then.]
Therefore, when one has climbed out of the debt of buying the house and saved enough money to redo the kitchen, one then must wait many weeks to eventually, and blissfully, arrive at this:
[Take a moment; I do every time I walk in. Solid counter tops, tiled floors, new, functional appliances, ceiling raised back up for extra storage. See that little window up to the left of the range? That was covered by cabinets before. The lighting, you ask? Recessed, LED on a dimmer and two new pendants for character. And the mold? Eradicated with extreme prejudice. The properly installed sink should keep it at bay. Happy. Joy. Time to cook!]
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Except that sometimes at icanstandtheheat, other things happen sort of concurrently with the first things and one now spends a good amount of time here (typically sans cat):
And here:
Because one now looks like this:
That's right, we at icanstandtheheat anticipate the arrival of our first child in March. And we have discovered that pregnancy, on top of a chronic pain condition, can be, well, a bit draining! But fear not, we haven't given up. In fact, we have a bit of a backlog of recipes and cooking experiences to upload that we promise to get to in the very near future. So, to anyone who happens to still be reading, please stay tuned!
