Cooking In 320

Well, more like ~250. I've had some people ask about the kitchen details, so I thought I would post tonight's early dinner.

Last night while watching TV, I roasted a bell pepper, some kind of sweet and very hot pepper, about half an onion, and almost  a pound of tomatillos.

I threw all of that in the blender this afternoon, and made this.

 I also made some rice.

"But wait", you say. "How did you roast things with no oven?"

 Our valiant little toaster oven lives underneath the pots and pans, and has so far broiled chicken, baked desert, heated leftovers, and now, roasted.

The chicken tenders were pan-fried due to a time crunch-- Alan and I are back at school and he needed to leave for class.
























In about two days I will finally be posting pictures of our wonderful bathroom. It took a long time to get it painted because I am lazy, and it looks quite a bit better now.

Cats do not have to be shown how to have a good time, for they are unfailing ingenious in that respect. - James Mason

Unfortunately for them, their new favorite piece of furniture is quite temporary.


 The cats have officially moved in, and are quite comfortable.







 



The door in the hallway leads to...














This. The bench seat/top lifts off to reveal their catbox and room for a spare container of litter. Please excuse the mess on the porch, we had some rain and had to get things under cover quickly.

 Our kitchen is also done, and this is why we left a 'blank' in the cabinets-- dog and cat food storage and feeding area.

In the bottom right corner you can see our 'dining room'--a gateleg table from IKEA that is very small when folded

The day before tomorrow

Because tomorrow is a big, big day and this is just a little bitty update.
Our kitchen cabinets are in, and the countertop support for the northeast corner has been fabricated. The dog and cat food storage will be under here, as will their water supply.
Like usual, it's a bit of overkill..

The window is masked off because...

















We have a deck! The metal is primered and painted, and the deck boards are 2x6 redwood.

We started insulating/sealing where the container meets concrete today.

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This is the fairly comfortable underside to the container. As you can see, we aren't plumbed yet-- that and electricity come tomorrow! I'm very, very excited. In addition to that, the metal panels for the porch and awning come tomorrow, in addition to the screens and shower door! We may also have a kitchen counter tomorrow, which would be wonderful.

Rainy night in California

 

Well, we didn't wash away, and got a darn pretty sunset out of it. Unfortunately, this is the worst kind of weather the desert has to offer-- 100 degrees and 70% humidity means not much gets done. 

Here are our kitchen fixin's: Cooktop, sink, on demand water heater for the sink, and the plywood for the countertop base. 

 This is the setup we have for work done at night, since it's finally cool enough at 9pm to not drown in your own sweat.

 The actual cabinets sitting where they'll go! They won't be on the floor like this; we're building bases for them out of 2x6's.

Last night we got some stairs, which is wonderful. It means no more climbing up and down a stepladder to get on the porch! Today the door to the screen porch was test fitted, and it works beautifully. Everything's a mess right now because we had to storm-proof at the last minute, and things still need to be able to go back under cover immediately, if it starts to rain.

This is our damn kitchen

As in, "Damn, that's green!" 

I've "helpfully" drawn in our cabinets and fridge in the kitchen, and the awesome gateleg table in the 10" we've designated as the dining room.The color is "Fresh Pear"

















Here's everything painted our base color, Valspar (Lowe's brand) "The Bubbly".

Andthe bathroom walls, Valspar's Betsy Ross House Blue.









We are currently under a weather advisory that reads like this... 

"at 432 PM PDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated
a severe thunderstorm capable of producing one inch hail and 70
mph wind gusts"....So hopefully, we won't have to buy new windows or a new house.

Doors, windows, and drywall

Windows and the front door are in, and the drywall is almost done, and it makes it look so much different! I am incredibly excited. Expect fewer updates for a while, as Alan and I have to move out of our apartment...something we've been neglecting in favor of building the conex. 

The ikea kitchen setup stations-- 5 cabinets, grouped by parts that belong to them. They missed one set of drawer fronts, that Alan went and got today. This may have been a very stupid idea...