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Under Pressure

March 27th, 2006

I am listening to the soundtrack for the second season of Scrubs and “Under Pressure” by Queen was playing, so I decided to title this post after the song. It somehow works. Anyway, since Monday posts are becoming my norm, I am fulfilling my self inflicted requirements.

If you were paying attention to the site over the weekend, you might have noticed some photos of me installing a new microwave. I was a little worried the microwave wouldn’t fit lengthwise between the cabinets and the door trim, but it managed to squeeze itself in there. It is a little on the low side, but meets the minimum requirements. Beyond that the countertop space it opens up is amazing. I don’t think I ever took a photo of where we moved the microwave to, but it use to sit on the counter opposite the stove. Other than it sucking up almost all the usable countertop space, it covered the only open outlet in the kitchen (it was also incredibly annoying – it had this reminder beeper on it, so if you didn’t open it up or hit cancel it would beep at you randomly until you took action against it). The big question with the microwave was what color to get, the stove is black and white, the dishwasher is stainless, and the refrigerator is white. I think we went with the right choice though.

If you happened to click on the microwave photo above, you’ll notice that the photos are in a new album for the kitchen. I have a few more things I want to do with the kitchen and I will likely do them over time, so it won’t be anything major.

That is unlike the up coming bathroom remodel. The toilet is leaking again. Why is it leaking? Because the idiot that tiled the bathroom didn’t put tiles under the toilet or bother to secure it properly, so it moves and shifts and eventually leaks. I will probably try to speed up the bathroom install in the basement so I can gut the upstairs bathroom.

As yet another aside, I find it funny when people say “You know how to do that?” or “Wow, I’d never try something like that.” I find it funny because I rarely know how to do something before I actually do it. I usually spend two weeks thinking of what I want to do and watching Menards ads for sales. I search the crap out of the Internet for other people that have done similar things and then go to Barnes & Noble and read up on the particular subject more. Then I do it. Usually I find the “tricks” that I read about the most useful. My favorite site right now is the HammerZone. (The guy could use a decent web designer, but he has some good info in there.)

Moving on from the house stuff to my other big subject, the baby… I now understand why people I work with have these giant homes because after Angie put together a few baby swings all the extra room in the house was sucked out by that shadowy figure that lurks around the corners in my house, reality. The reality is when you already have a small house and relocate a bunch of extra stuff because you’re finishing the basement, finding room for a child is hard. Granted, I am willing to live in a clustered home for a little while; however, I think this goes against the basic genetic code of every woman. The funny part is when I complain to my mom and she says “All I had when I moved into our house was a couch and a chair.” She didn’t elaborate beyond that, but I got the point (i.e. don’t complain to me).

Entry Filed under: House,The Next Generation