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Here on the coast it is 30°F at 4:00 AM... more wintery than autumn. After I post this I am going back to bed. So my daughter mentioned that I need to get my act together over the redo of the kitchen.
Now from the photo you might think it's just dandy. Photography done right can cover over a multitude of ridiculousness. For instance, the sink is rusting through on it's bottom. Sides are already rusted out in places and covered over with white tape for safety sake. The sink is lopsides and falling through the counter top which is water damaged. The floor is tile, not the wood of the picture. I put in the wooden floor to see how it would look. The tile floor is dangerous with missing and broken tiles and being disabled I can't afford that kind of risk. So the countersops and sink must be replaced and later the floor.
I would love to paint the cabinets a pale beige color. Right now they are plain cherry hardwood. Not the dark cherry but as you can see the natural cherry.
Here is the kitchen now with the wishful floor, though I think I would go with a darker color.
Using the photo I took above, I had Chat GPT paint the cabinets, place the sink back unter the window where it belongs and replace the stupid countertops with a dark butcherblock. Butcherblock is one of the cheaper options at Home Depot . I can't afford much.
Here is what the AI did:
Now the oven no longer works and neither does the left front burner. The stove ia about 20 years old and I will probably have to replace it too. Remember back in the day and how those old stoves are still going strong? Not today boy, they are built not to last.
I don't have a dishwasher though the AI put one in.. and I like that idea a lot.
AI even replaced my mother's old orange La Crueset dutch oven with a blue one. I had to throw out the old one as it was missing some enamel making ti bad to use. I can not afford La Crueset but I do need a new Dutch oven.
All in all the fix up will require a new sink , butcher block counters and paint.
Over all I am in love with this look. What do you think?
Welcome to Saturday: 9. What we've committed to our readers is that we will post 9 questions every Saturday. Sometimes the post will have a theme, and at other times the questions will be totally unrelated. Those weeks we do "random questions," so-to-speak. We encourage you to visit other participants po ts and leave a comment Because we don't have any rules, it is your choice. We hate rules. We love memes, however, and here is today's meme!
1) In this song, Donald Mills of the Mills Brothers encourages us to "puff, puff, puff" our cares away. When did you most recently smoke a cigarette?
Never. I was never interested in smoking and so I never even tried it.
2) In the 1930s, when this week's song was recorded, an estimated 40% of American adults smoked cigarettes. By the early 1960s, that number reached a high of 42%. According to the CDC, the percentage of adult smokers dropped to 11%. Do many of your friends and relatives smoke or vape?
No, not many at all.
3) Donald was the youngest of the singing Mills Brothers, and he's the one who most often sang lead. That squares with popular birth order theory, which proposes that the youngest tends to enjoy being the center of attention, the middle child is the diplomat, and the oldest is the high-achiever. Think of your own family and the families of your friends. Do you think this theory holds true?
No I don't. I am sure it applies in some families but none that I have ever seen.
4) The Mills Brothers were one of the first famous singing brother acts. The Williams Brothers – which featured future TV star Andy Williams – followed in their footsteps. Can you think of another group of singing brothers?
The Osmond Brothers.
The Jackson 5
The BeeGees
The Wilsons of the Beach Boys
The Everly Brothers
The Jonas Brothers
The Nelson Brothers (Ricky Nelsons twin sons)
5) In addition to recording hit records, The Mills Brothers were a staple on radio in the 1930s. They were among the first African American artists to host their own radio show and sang jingles for Standard Oil and Crisco. What commercial do you recall having seen, or heard, recently?
There are very creative commercials for Resilia on YouTube recently. Resilia is aged oil of oregano and black seed oil capsules.
I also like the Ryze commercial with the little mushroom.
6) In 1933, when this week's song was popular, actor Robert Montgomery and his wife had a daughter they named Elizabeth. That little girl would become famous in the 1960s for her own TV show. Without looking it up, do you know what show Elizabeth Montgomery starred in?
Elizabeth was Samantha on Bewitched.
7) Johnny Cash was also born in 1 933. Do you have a favorite Johnny Cash song?
Jackson which he sung with his wife June Carter Cash.
8) In 1933, five French airlines merged to form Air France. Think of the last time you were at an airport. Were you taking a flight or meeting a flight?
I was meeting a flight.
9) Random question: Your best friend just received a certificate for completing a car maintenance course at your community college. Would you let them work on your vehicle?
Sure. I'm a Jersey girl. If they make a mess, they will regret their life choices. hehehe.
