Tag: fuckery
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When a kitchen comes in a clown car.
The Measurement saga on August 1st, 2024, we contracted a prominent manufacturer of kitchens to design and install our kitchen. There are 3 walls and an Island. Wall 1 is a counter surface with drawers on either side. It was built 10 cm too wide. (If you don’t know 10 cm, you live in Liberia,…
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Schrödinger’s vent hood
(And other kitchen shenanigans) So the kitchen is mostly done, with a few notable exceptions…We went with a nation-wide, “professional” service to keep things simple. Note that professional is in quotes to convey a sense of disappointment. When the kitchen cabinets arrived, there were a few issues. Measurements were off by 10cm or 20 cm…
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You had one job
Our kitchen renovation in (I have lost count) easy steps. Step one: Measure Measure the kitchen space to determine what can be put where. We opted to have a kitchen company help with the design, rather than simply go with Ikea. We are in the autumn of our lives, the necessity to do another kitchen…
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Renovation
The kitchen is moving forward We have identified a contractor We have a not unreasonable quote We have water damage and mold, possibly from the pompe a chalor drainage issues that were eloquently documented on the previous version of my blog that are lost to the ravages of my previous web-host. In short, the pompe…
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The driving saga
5 months 3 day later, I am able to drive again…Supervised. Step one Move to France from a non reciprocal state like California. The date is April 14, 2023. My residency takes effect when customs stamps my passport. My residency starts a one year fuse on my driver’s license. In 1 year I will be…
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The kind and gentle art of renovating a kitchen whilst one is living in the house with no opportunity of an outdoor kitchen because it is mid September and it is already below 10°C at night and by the time November rolls around it is going to be fucking frigid out there.
My wife is not one to swear.My wife, among other things, is a trained chef and a masterful baker. Our kitchen is hateful. Hateful I tell you. The oven is named Every Fucking Time.It has earned that name because it insists on burning off your eyebrows EveryFucking Time You open the oven door, say buh…