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Skriven 2009-02-01 17:06:22 av Carol Shenkenberger (26843.cooks)
  Kommentar till text 20158 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: Home and helping
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 >  CS> Naw, I think there I'd go some sort of pretty rock with smoothe
 >  CS> pebbles.

 > Getting fancy there. Most rock yards are non descript stones.  Every so
 > often a pretty one might slip thru the sorter and get into a yard.  If
 > you want a pretty rock yard, expect to pay plenty.  One of the more
 > common decorative features of a xeroscaped yard is a big old boulder
 > planted generally in place of a tree. (G) It takes a bit to set up a
 > yard like that but afterward, it's quite low maintainence.

Oh, I'd want pretty and smooth pebbles given a chance.  Sand walkways.

 >  > I think I'd still rather go with the built in. BTW, "it takes away
 >  > cabinet space" is one reason my mom didn't put in a dishwasher when she
 >  > re did her kitchen 30 some years ago.  Then, too, she's still got stuff
 >  > in some of her cabinets that was old (and useless) when I was a kid.
 > 
 >  CS> KInd depends on how much space you have to start with.  Ours is quite
 >  CS> minimal.
 > 
 > We don't have that much floor space in this kitchen.  No real good place
 > to stow it in the near by utility room either. That has the washer &
 > dryer, a triangular built in shelving unit and the water heater.
 > There's a half bath nearby but that's too small. The only really good
 > place to keep it would be in the family room which we made into the
 > formal living room.


In my case, lots of floor space, minimal wall space that is usable.  Like
Janis's main kitchen, theres a wall sorta missing but her's leads to the
dining table and mine to the livingroom.  The other wall is the sliding glass
door.  Basically 2 walls usable, one of which has minimal cabinets and can be
added to and with a counter top there and some added outlets for appliances,
would be the main 'kitchen redo' we'd dream of.  Anything else, would be too
expensive.

We desperately need more counterspace.

If we had a counter put on that other wall, with lots of outlets, we could
move all appliances over there and use the part next to the sink for veggie
preps and all that much easier.  As it is, we have about 18inches by 10 to
use.

 > was full but not as packed. The first load had one of our larger cutting
 > boards in it; the counter top dishwasher wouldn't even hold my "normal"
 > cutting boards.  I have a regular size one each for meat and produce,
 > then a middling large for meat and a large for produce all in plastic.
 > I've got a few wooden cutting boards that don't go into the dish washer
 > and some small plastic GP use ones that do.

I'd like a bigger cutting board, but fact is my counter space will not
accomodate one unless it fit over one side of the dial sink, inwhich case it
would add counterspace (grin).  I've looked at a few of those.

 >  >  CS> Yeah, next will be my varied 'real clothes' to handle.  I bet he's
 >  >  CS> gonna yearn for uniforms!  But I'm slowly gathering suitable things
 >  >  CS> and being sensible on how they wash and ironing needs.

 >  > Since we've been here, Steve has been picking up some more civilian
 >  > clothes.  Some of them have been bought because they were on sale,

 >  CS> I have some of a core wardrobe and am still working on details.  I
 >  CS> need 2 decent suits.
 > 
 > That's where I'd be pulling out the sewing machine to suppliment what I
 > buy. (G)  I'd buy the suits but make blouses, skirts............

Ah I still have patterns and such and a sewing machine but no real skills ther
e as of yet.  Not good enough to make work clothes at least.  I keep meaning
to teach myself but end up playing on the computer instead ;-)
         xxcarol

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