Dust and dishwashers

Last night Gina and I took the tyke out to a local bar/restaurant for an evening away from the mess that used to be our kitchen. The level of dirt and dust that seems to be suspended in the air makes it seem like you’re living in a dust storm in the middle of the Sahara, and it’s just not conducive to a nice meal at home. This morning I grabbed a glass from the dish rack—we still have a sink and a dish rack—and couldn’t believe the film of dust that coated the sucker. And I didn’t even do any work yesterday.

Tonight, though, I plan to kick up a bit more dust. I need to finish pulling out one base cabinet and pull a few other miscellaneous pieces, and then the electrician comes next week to do the wiring. The ceiling is wide open – I ripped that out Monday and Tuesday night – so it should be easy for him to run new electric. The plan is to install recessed lighting, run wiring for the vent hood and dishwasher, and reroute the 220 line for the oven. And we’ll toss in a few additional receptacles just for good measure.

Right now the smokehouse is the staging area for all most of our appliances, and it takes every ounce of effort to resist tearing apart the cardboard containers to gaze lovingly at all the stainless steel glory. A 36-inch cooktop! A dishwasher! God, I can’t wait to listen to that sucker hum as it works its scrubbing magic on all our grubby goods! That, my friends, is an evening’s entertainment I can’t WAIT to have.

Why most of the appliances? Because Lowe’s has farked up a few things: first they forgot to order the microwave, and then they couldn’t locate the oven we had purchased, so they delivered everything BUT the oven. They claim they found it, but I’m dubious since we still don’t have it in our possession. Hopefully they’ll get in there next week. And we still need the vent hood, which may or may not arrive by November. Sigh.

In the interim, I need to install the ceiling and put 1/4” sheetrock on the walls (I opted to cover the plaster rather than knock it out). Once that’s done, the cabinet guy should be here to install everything. The final step will be getting the plumber in to finish the sink connections and hook up the dishwasher!

Did I mention I can’t wait to have a dishwasher?