It’s a rare Saturday that I don’t spend at least part of the morning cooking. This week, I’m taking a day off. Why? My kitchen is in chaos as I prepare to leave it. Next week, I move.
After nearly four years renting an apartment in Andover, it’s time for me to buy my own place. I’ve found a townhome in Bradford, and the time has come for closing on my new place and leaving the old.
One of the most exciting parts of my new home is my new kitchen. My current kitchen is adequate, but the more I cook the more I desire cabinet and counter space and other amenities. In my new place I won’t have the pantry I have now, but I will have twice the number of cabinets and the microwave won’t take up half the counter space.
I will have a garbage disposal for perhaps the first time in my life. Most exciting, within a few months I will have a dishwasher. I haven’t had a dishwasher in nearly eight years. I wasn’t much of a cook in those days and I can only imagine how much easier life will be when I can throw all my prep dishes, measuring cups, pots and pans in the dishwasher.
For the next month, however, I will be living off a lot of cereal, frozen meals and take out. I love cooking, but I think I will enjoy the time off.
It doesn’t mean I won’t be updating What’s Cooking though. Stay tuned for cooking news, recalls and other updates!
