In My New Kitchen...
-DISASTER-
We had a plumbing problem last week, yes in my new kitchen...
The plumber came to fix it, faulty part he said; but too late.
The carpenter came and affirmed what we both already knew;
Our beautiful Acacia wood floors were ruined -
The floors George and I spent days laying together late last August...
We spent the day ripping 400 sq. ft of floor back to their state 6 months ago - Advantek!
It was a long hard day, we were both mentally and physically exhausted -
But it had to be done;
Subfloor will need to dry for at least a month before we can lay new floors...
I did not cook dinner that night.
I went to bed VERY early,
A good thing, I needed to sleep, to clear my mind because I really just wanted to cry!
The next day I woke with determination that even in my "floorless" kitchen
Life Must Go On!
So I baked and cooked - bread, raspberry and blueberry hand pies and potato soup!
All the comfort food fixed us!
That night looking back on the events of these last days - I realized
My husband, my kids, needed me to show them our house
is more than just granite, stone, and floors -
It is our HOME - the place we gather, love and make memories -
I needed to be reminded of that too! Don't we all sometimes?
Someday, I know this will be a memory we all laugh about at holidays...
& I hope we will all remember the day after we ripped up all that beautiful flooring
how we enjoyed loads of yummy food around our kitchen island
Despite the missing floors :-)
-Erin
Oh, no! I'm so sorry about your floors. That really must have been devastating especially if you had worked on them so hard the first time. You guys are such hard workers to re-do them so quickly. I can imagine they would have remained damaged for several months before we finally did something about it.
ReplyDeleteAt least the food you've made looks absolutely scrumptious. Enjoy it for me!