Wherein I procrastinate, but it's okay because I have a PLAN.

[judecorp]

I have a plan! A plan for the kitchen! Oh thank god, because it doesn't seem as overwhelming when you have a PLAN.

I have now visualized where everything will go in the cabinets. It is not an exact plan, but it means I am not just staring at boxes thinking, "Oh, god." I know where the spices and condiments will go. I know where the dishes will go. I know where the food will go. I know where the pots and pans will go. Oh, glorious day! It helps tremendously that Jen assembled our new kitchen furniture last night so that I have all of this more manageable counter and shelf space.

I know the plan will change as more things get unpacked and we stock up on more food, but hey, it's nice to have a plan. Now if our crappy refrigerator mysteriously was replaced by a new one that didn't suck, that would be the awesomest ever.

Does Santa Claus bring refrigerators? Because there's no way we can go BUY one since we have other things that are essential to buy and umm, we kind of have two kids coming.

~//~

p.s. On the UMASS slacktastic part time job front, two of the four applicants have already not shown up for their interviews. (Since I missed the application window, I am not technically eligible for this job unless all of the candidates don't work out.) Backdooring my way into this job might be easier than I thought!

p.p.s. I can't wait for the cable guy to come on Friday so we can stop using our poor friend Jim.

Comments

[cathboblet.livejournal.com]

Sears has a refridgerator sale going on right now - I noticed it when I was in the mall yesterday. A 14.2 cu ft one is about $400? Which I know is a ton of money, but I wonder if a) the increased energy savings would help defray the long term cost and b) won't you need a good refridgerator with two babies? They do have a thing where if you buy it on a Sears card you don't have to make payments until December 2007?

I have no idea what else you have to get, so you know, take my nanny-goating for what it's worth! :)

[grrlpower.livejournal.com]

Do y'all have craigslist there? Here in CBus they have a cheap fridge listed every couple of days (there is one now for free if you pick it up by the weekend.. you up for a road trip? ;) )

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Man do I hear you about how it helps to visualize something before you have to set into it. Last week, I visualized a brainstorm about how I would theoretically like for the kitchen's new cabinets to be arranged. Now I have to wait to meet with the contractor guy to explain to him exactly what I am thinking and see if he says, "no fucking way!" I also need to see if its possible to use Ikea cabinet parts to put a built-in china hutch thingy in the entryway/diningroom closet that isn't deep enough.

Whee!

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'll second this idea! I've been trawling Craigslist and it looks like I might be scoring us a 2 year old Kenmore fridge with 3 years still left on the warantee for $300!

[grrlpower.livejournal.com]

I love craigslist!!!

[mnsnstar.livejournal.com]

And you'll change the locations for all of those things several times...trust me! Poor hubby, he is forever confused in the kitchen! That's why I keep telling him it's my domain and to STAY OUT! Hee hee!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh, it's okay to change to locations, as long as the stuff is out of the boxes and the boxes are out of the middle of the floor!

As for the kitchen, it is certainly not my domain. I hate cooking! Left to my own devices, I will eat nothing but cereal and peanut butter sandwiches.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we probably could get a fairly inexpensive fridge, either from a store with a good sale or craigslist or the newspaper or something... it's just an added expense that we don't really have the cash for, you know? We have a set amount of money that we will spend on all things house and then we really need to put a kibosh on spending until we have some sort of financial plan or I have a job or something.

xoxo and thanks for the tip!

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yeah, we have a CL here. It doesn't seem to have totally "caught on" but I will troll a bit and look for something free.

Do you think a fridge will fit in my car? :)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Good luck with all of that! I am a very visual person and I really like to know where things are going. I can't just open boxes without knowing, "Okay, this stuff will go in X place." That's why it drives me batty when people pack boxes full of whatever with no plan. Then you open them and it is chaos central!

Good luck with the contractor!

[carina-s.livejournal.com]

That last sentence made me laugh.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

aaah, Jim. I wonder if he suspected us?