KITCHEN REMODEL

KITCHEN REMODEL

 

Last year while toddler-sitting at my son’s house I was fascinated with their refrigerator-freezer.  On the front of their freezer, they had a dispenser for filtered water, and ice…cubed or crushed.  Wow I thought; my son must be a millionaire.  I then found out that my daughter also has one of these new-fangled refrigerator-freezers.  Turns out lots of people have this incredible luxury in their kitchens.  I found out they are actually quite reasonably priced.

I WANTED ONE!!

I wanted the convenience of filtered water at the touch of the button.  I wanted the convenience of crushed ice at the touch of a button.  This would be perfect for a scotch-on-the-rocks, my favorite beverage.

I WANTED THIS APPLIANCE!!

I am 66 years old; I deserve convenient filtered water without one of those ugly contraptions screwed to the kitchen faucet.  I deserve ice without filling and freezing those plastic trays.  My kids can just scratch $1000 off their inheritance…I was going to get one…damn it!!

Mrs. Cranky and I went shopping for a new modern refrigerator-freezer.  The model we wanted was two inches too large for the cabinet opening that was in our kitchen.

Hmmm.  Screw it; if we have to move cabinets around, I hate the ones we have, let’s just get all new cabinets. 

Hmmm.  We can’t put in all new cabinets and save the current counter tops.  Screw it; I hate our current counter tops; let’s just get all new counter tops.

Hmmm.  The new counter tops and cabinets will clash with our current tile floor.  Screw it; I hate that old tile; let’s just get an all new tile floor.

Hmmm.  As long as we are getting new counters and we have to get a new sink, I would like a garbage disposal, the walls will need repainting, the stove will look out of place and the kitchen overhead light will need to be updated.  Screw it; let’s just do it all.

You know…as long as we are doing all that and we have the workers here and everything will be a mess; the downstairs bathroom really needs a new vanity, tile, sink toilet and mirror.

I do not want to even think about how much getting instant crushed ice for my scotch-on-the-rocks is going to cost me.  It’s worth it, I deserve it, and I’m getting it!!

Since we started thinking about this project a year ago, I have quit drinking.  Doesn’t matter, when we’re done I won’t be able to afford scotch anyway. 

If you are in the area, stop by for a scotch-on-the-rocks. 

You’ll have to bring the scotch, but I’ll have plenty of ice.