A nice warm feeling

Well, the kitchen work is proceeding apace, it's all very exciting. We should hopefully be going from a beige 80s nightmare to a modern yet classic country kitchen look, offset by some very cool wall tiles, and complemented by the toasty toes feeling that only comes from underfloor heating. We're still in full destruction phase at the moment - just about all the units are gone, and we've moved the boiler into the garage to make space for more cupboards. We've also had new radiators put in upstairs and it's made it much warmer which is oddly thrilling - I've always found the upstairs rooms in our house really cold, and having warmer rooms makes it much more homey somehow. Tomorrow comes ceiling skimming (bye bye green artex!) and then putting everything back together again next week.

I can't wait til it's all done, but there is, oddly, one thing I'll miss, and that's cooking without an oven or a hob. I know that sounds strange, but there are several positives: there's not too many choices as to what to cook, everything you do cook can be done really quickly since the only equipment at your disposal is a microwave, a toaster and a kettle, and you don't feel guilty when you resort to fish and chips (and, drool, curry sauce...), which is what we did last night. And it was lovely.