Wednesday was circus. Jovan and Sergio were running down small tasks (including the long-awaited bedroom door), Milan came by and looked at wires for a while, the counter guy came for the official measurements and there were various guest appearances and cameos.
One thing Milan caught that was the top cabinet door would actually hit the pendant hanging over the bar. Oops. That's one of the risks of making a lighting plan before there are walls or finished cabinet drawings. He came up with a workaround and then vanished, and I have no idea when he will enact this plan. However, the lights aren't showing up until next Tuesday so I guess its no big deal.
Many small bits got finished, like floor molding, but we still don't have cabinet handles on or appliances in working positions. That might go a long way toward making these posts less testy. it would also help our overall nutrition profile.
We also had to run out and get a new over-the-range microwave. This is something we've known about for a while and never really thought about it. For us, the microwave is a defroster and coffee reheater so it wasn't important.
This is apparently not the case for the rest of America. Microwaves are now crazy monstrosities, with more buttons than a NASA control panel and shelf space for 17 lean cuisines. We had no idea. We ended up choosing the least crazy model we could find, and for a change ending up spending less than we planned. We can pick it up on Friday and start popping corn like everyone else.Seriously, what do people use their microwaves for that require all this functionality? Maybe I'm missing out on some culinary revelation, but I never got past making grapes shoot from one side to the other. Microwave lovers please comment, as our lives are incomplete.
Tomorrow I've got to go into the office so progress should be scant, but we can almost see the finish on the horizon.
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