The Week Ahead: Hold On!

 

I have loved this kitchen since first I saw it some years ago in one of my magazines.  I'm pretty sure it's the colors that draw me in jut at first, but there's so many details here one you begin to look it over.

First let us go right to that floor.  You know, the guys who laid linoleum in those days must have been artists.  Look at those scallops!  

Now crane your necks and look at the light fixture on the ceiling.  Looking at the larger version of this photo, I'm pretty sure that the scallop around the light is also linoleum.  Scallops are obviously the theme.  The pelmet looking area over the stove and sink, and the cabinet in the corner and even the door frame about the door seems to have some scallop design.

How could we do anything but address that cabinet...Lazy Susan corner cupboard from floor to ceiling?!  Why yes, please!  It's making good use of that rather limited space between counter tops and door.  And that color contrasting paint on the inside.  Oh my!

To the right of the door is a white wall section...No clue what that might be...Fridge is next to it and then a small cabinet/counterop...and unless I miss my guess, that's a swinging counter that comes out from under that counter and turns into a breakfast bar there.  How clever is that?  I wonder where the stools are stored when not in use?  Perhaps under the same cabinet?

Now let's switch back over to the kitchen sink wall.  Look at how that mirror  gives the impression of a third window in the sink area.  I was fooled at first and then realized I was seeing the Corn Flakes box reflected in it.   Then that big stove.  Grandmother had a large stove and so did Granny with a broad work surface on the top...So handy.  

Yes, it's one of my favorite vintage kitchens.  Not as much counterspace perhaps as we're accustomed to these days but doggone if it isn't so cute, I don't think I'd mind a bit that space was a bit cramped.

We had a lovely quiet Saturday at home.  Katie ran by to visit for a little bit.  The day passed too quickly.  It was cold and stayed cold and didn't move off being cold all day long.   A good day to be at home and stay near the heater.

Work/Plans:  

Zone 2:  Living Room/Dining/Front Entry  I've already decluttered the old DVD player and sent it out to the shed.  What else will go?  I'm thinking I need to sort out the toy box.  There are many things in it and sometimes it closes and sometimes it does not.  I'm afraid the brown stick horse (aka Brownie) needs to be retired but the children are so fond of him...   I'll sort through the CD/Record cabinet as well as the Buffet and the cabinet with the DVDs but I'm not going to sort out books at this time.  So not so much really to go through as the kitchen had nor as the bedrooms might have.  

I've never really decorated the living room since Christmas.  I put out the things I had out before but I'd like to do something a little fresher for the winter months.  I have a sort of idea of things I might bring in to use...It's always trial and error.  I have my ideas and the house has other ideas.

We have doctor's appointments one day, in the morning.   

I'll need to go over checkbook totals and determine what's left of my grocery budget.  Then I'll figure out what I might need to buy but I'm NOT going grocery shopping this week at all, unless there is a most excellent sale on something we're low on.

John has two outings one day.  I'm not going to either one but I have decided I'll go plunder a thrift store or two.  I'm in the mood to go have a look about. 

I'd really like to get a Coffee Chat written...and I have one other post I'd like to try to get out of me.

It doesn't look like such a lot once written down...it's just the calendar is much fuller than usual!   I'll fill in the week with various household chores, and if time weighs especially heavy and I need to fill still more time, I'll work on my pantry, checking expiration dates and pulling those things that will need to be used sooner.

Kitchen:  

I'd really like to start on that recipe book of mine this week.  I think that task will make a nice quiet work task this week.

If weather warms up a little and is nice, I'll mop the kitchen this week...and the baths too because I generally do all hard floors when I mop.

Gathered Fragments: Not much left of what I shared on Friday.  We've eaten the venison as sandwiches, and reheated pot pie for supper.  I'll serve biscuits for a quick fix breakfast in the morning and will reheat breakfast casserole on Monday morning.  I've been sipping eggnog.

That leaves me with buttermilk and yogurt whey to use up.  I'll be making cornbread (buttermilk) and bread (whey) this week so that will help.

Meals:  Breakfasts:  Bagels, Orange Juice;  Toasted Cheese Biscuits; Breakfast Casserole, Fruit Salad;  Applesauce Muffins and Scrambled Eggs;  Oatmeal Cakes with Honey, Bacon; Grits with Sausage and Cheese Eggs, Toast; Cereal, Toast

Lunches:  Usually leftovers or sandwiches of leftovers

Dinners:  Philly Cheesesteak Sandwiches (using venison roast leftovers), Mandarins

Chili, Rice, Cornbread, Pineapple Salad (Making extra rice and cornbread batter for use later in the week)

Roast Turkey, Stuffing, Greens

Turkey Tetrazzini, Green Peas, Carrot and Raisin Salad

Smoked Sausage with Cheesy Potatoes, Steamed Cabbage, Corn Muffins 

Turkey Fried Rice, Mandarins

Spaghetti, Garlic Toast, Green Salad

Leisure:

Coloring in my Bible if I have time while studying.

Thrift shopping.

Freshening the living room décor.

Reading vintage magazine or book.