My Kitchen

I am finally getting around to writing about my house.

Scott has been living, off and on, in a house owned by his grandmother since 1996. It has been a worry to me about our future in the house. We have been allowed to paint but not change the things we wanted to like the roof, fencing etc. I have wanted to remodel and landscape.

Recently my sister who was widowed in November 2012 had been living in ‘grandma’s’ house with her husband and children since 1997. Due to the recent passing of her husband her in-laws decided to disregard the husbands deathbed wish and included ‘grandma’s’ house in with all the farm land and sold it. My sister now has to worry about paying rent or buying the house from the new owner or moving. She has not had a mortgage for 15 years and all the equity in grandma’s house is no longer hers. There is plenty of blame all around for this current situation. Regardless of who didn’t get papers correctly signed and who lied etc after many years my sister and her kids have nothing. I am not going to be in a similar situation. I do not want to imagine life in 15 years and Scott passing and I am kicked out of my home that was never really mine anyway. I would lose all the ‘sweat equity’. I also worried that when Grandma passes away –without a legal will which she refuses to make- all her assets will be divided between her three children and NOT three children and ONE grandson. Even if taken to probate court-which causes me to shudder—going to court against family—I think the judge would say one grandson does not have rights if none of the other grandchildren have rights. So I am sure of the future in the house is not secure.

Scott readily agreed with me and went on the hunt for a house. You have seen outside pictures. Here is some detail about the kitchen.

This is a picture of the back door. This is taken before we moved in.

A picture of the flooring-I like it. The pics look like there are scratches in the floor-there are not. They must be scuffs that have been washed out.

This is the corner. The stove was not installed at this time. Nor is the fridge.

A whole view of the kitchen. The stove and fridge were placed as part of the staging of the house.

All moved in and put together!

A closer view of my favorite corner! Everything is so handy! I love my gas stove! I love the hanging spatulas and spoons for easy grabbing. It is my favorite corner in the house!

This is the other corner-not my favorite-but way better than the small orange corners I had before. I do love the refrigerator! It is very hand having the freezer on the bottom! We were very lucky that the refrigerator fit. We measured between the counters and did not notice that the cupboards above were not lined up. It barely fit between the cupboards! We were very very lucky indeed. Next to purchase is a new dishwasher. That will be a little down the line!

That is my kitchen. I enjoy it very much. We are using a card table for our dining purposes and will one day get a real table with real chairs!

Here is to the future! Which is much more secure even if I have a card table and old icky dishwasher!

Another Peek at the Stewart Shack

The following pictures are of my real life! My unorganized, less than perfect, real life!

This is the master bathroom. Yes the light bulbs are different colors-It is weird but I have not taken time to fix it nor to put away my hair band and lip stick, so it must not bother me too much.

The shower is very nice. It is real stone and quite nice. There are 2 heads with one removable.

The jets can be angled to spray in all directions to allow massage of my back and shoulders!

This is the other shower head in this his and hers shower. I like to get both ends going and really steam up the place! It really helps that I have a ginormous 75 gallon water heater! I have yet to drain it!

My mom had one of these hanging on our bathroom door as a child. She and my father would put their underthings in them. My mom started making them again and gave me this one shortly after I married Scott. It has “Keep your laundry tucked away” embroidered on it. My previous bathroom was blue and she made it to match. I love it! It reminds me of my childhood and of my mother all in one daily glance! Oh FYI there is a flap on the bottom to make loading the washer very very very easy!

Speaking of washing machines! Right out the second door of the master bath is the wash area. Hardly a room but it fits my needs!

Now onto my closet! It is a good square closet with and L bar. It has enough room for all our shoes and clothes and dirty clothes baskets! Again it is perfect for me!

Here is our bed. Not made squarely—and I call myself a hygienist! But this is how it really is. I am cold and need my WSU Dental Hygiene blanket on my side! Suzie prefers to snuggle down on my side! Sheesh! This makes it difficult to make the bed! That is my excuse for having a bed in disarray while I have no children to require my time. I guess I am just lazy! Ugh! I do not want to think that about myself. So I will conclude that I am an imperfect person with an imperfect house.

This is the spare room you will be entreated to upon arrival at the Stewart Shack!

This is also the bathroom you will pleasantly use! Heat lamp light included!

I just wanted to show the cute tile floor someone did—probably in the 80’s! Regardless I enjoy it!

Well that is another installation of our house! One day I will get the family room cleaned enough to take a picture and include it. I also need to purchase another couch for the upstairs sitting room. When that happens pictures will follow!