I know all my faithful readers are wondering what our kitchen looks like now. Well, here it is. Monday morning the guys ripped it down and by 7:30am Tuesday everything was out of there and down to the studs. The rest of this week they've been working on the plumbing and electrical, preparing for tomorrow's drywalling and Monday's cabinet installation. The appliances come tomorrow as well. It's moving along!Things also moving right along include: my knitting expertise. I spent this past weekend in Tawas City, Michigan visiting with my grandma, aunt, and uncle. My cousin Karen drove up with baby Isabel from Kalamazoo, and my cousin's wife Emily who also lives in Boston came too. We had fright-inducing flights every step of the way, but somehow endured. It must have been the flight pattern. We literally thought we were going to need the "motion discomfort" sack provided in the seat pocket. Yuck.
Aunt Pat spoiled us to no end. We arrived to a toasty pot of curry and black bean soup and crusty bread, and a welcoming plate of chocolate chip meringue cookies. We settled in and caught up on another year. We played with Isabel, Karen's 9-month-old baby. She is a doll. I showed them my knitting problems saved up over the past several months, and my aunt led me down the road to conquering my worst fear: sewing together a sweater! Over the course of the weekend she succeeded in teaching me not only this technique but also how to knit a buttonhole and how to "pick up and knit," both very useful bits of knowledge. Saturday night she served a delicious dish (I swiped the recipe) of chicken, peppers, and asparagus over orzo. This was topped off with a homemade Oreo crust strawberry cheesecake ice cream pie. I think I gained 10 pounds.
Sunday morning we went to their church, then out for a greasy yummy breakfast in town. While Emily and Uncle Jim were out for a cross-country ski, Grandma and I caught up on family history. We talked about her grandparents, who (every last one of them) all came over from Sweden when they were young, and about her parents and other relatives. I am so fascinated by all that. She has so much valuable information in her head--it is amazing. More knitting, more perfecting my newly learned techniques, and we finished the day with a hot bowl of beef stew and a screening of Desperate Housewives (my grandma is the one who got me hooked!).
Thanks for a wonderful weekend.
7 comments:
what a delicious weekend! miss you! oh, and paul looks great. ;)
you should really consider writing for cook's illustrated or some other fancy cooking magazine, everytime I read your entries with food descriptions I get hungry! : ) Sounds like you had a great time with your grandma and learning all of those knitting techniques. How exciting about your kitchen! Please continue to post pictures as they get everything installed!
i was waiting for your trip update. :) you must show me all your newly acquired knitting skills. i did try all of those things on my own, but i don't know if i did them right.
your grandma is so hip! desperate housewives fan, eh? :)
and as you can see, i'm still home... i was sure that i was going to go in yesterday, but alas, i'm still here. the books you recommended have been a tremendous help in getting my mind off of things. reading "the queen's fool" right now. :)
what are you going to do about the kitchen wall? Sounds like you had a great time at grandma's
what a wonderful tradition... i think i gained 10 pounds reading your descriptions of the food. :) i look forward to more pics of the kitchen too!
oh, and looks like you actually made it onto the trails at blue hills! guess we'll have to wait till the spring to really hike.
Your food blogs always remind me of Ruth Reichl's books (I'm a big fan). If you haven't read her, you would love her. Robyn has it right when she said you should write for a food column or something.
Sounds like a wonderful trip! You go on so many interesting fun adventures. The food, company, and knitting all sound great :) Can't wait to see your finished sweater and other knitting skills.
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