Doing a good job Mum
It’s been a nice Sunday at home with a roast dinner and little work done. Every now and then it’s good to have a day off and try to relax. Having said a day off T-W-O did cut up a pallet to create a new load on kindling, we did spend a couple of very tortured hours trying to design a kitchen and I’ve spring cleaned a rug for the living room floor.
Somewhere along the line I’ve started to feel a bit unwell. Oddly I’ve had a cold for a few days and now I am feeling very sorry for myself. Stomach pains and a stuffy woolly head feeling. I imagine it is no more than my body complaining about something I’ve eaten mixed with a mild head cold but either way it calls for a nice warm fire, nice comfy clothes and a snuggle up on the sofa.
I’ve got a loaf of sourdough proving in the oven which only needs cooking so that’s tea sorted. It’s the second loaf from the starter I made a couple of weeks ago.
Just in case Ikea is not a worldwide brand it is a Swedish furniture retailer that has become incredibly popular in the UK.
It has to be said that T-W-O is not a lover of Ikea, normally I think he would prefer a trip to the dentist. He appreciates that our budget for the extension wont reach to a high class kitchen. I would love to spend many thousands on a state of the art hand made kitchen with granite work surfaces (and yes I know they can be scratched but….). Having heard of three Ikea kitchens being fitted recently by people in a similar position to ourselves we thought it must be worth a look.
We both understand that there have to be compromises made on our extension budget so after dropping the dogs off at the kennels nice and early we made the trip to Cardiff , as it’s a day where that ancient and revered game of ruby is being played between Wales and Ireland many Welshmen decided to start preparing early and NOT go to Ikea.
Thank goodness, hurdle one overcome. T-W-O would probably turn the car around if he couldn’t get in the car park and yet we managed to park right between the entrance and the exit doors. We went straight for a coffee and T-W-O scrutinised the very cheap breakfast. Probably rubbish he declared until he saw a couple of plates on another table. Doesn’t look bad, but we didn’t buy as we had already had something for breakfast.
Refreshed we made our way into the maze. I very rarely go there but every time you stray off the path you risk getting lost. I wonder if people have spent the night in there, a good way to try out the bed section. Past the ‘made up homes’ section we wondered through areas I cannot even remember and found many things we may possibly need at some point in our lives but like good little shoppers we held off picking anything up.
The kitchens were a pleasant surprise. Some were very cheap and sadly looked it but the mid price units were as good as may more expensive units we have seen. We have found something we both agreed would look good, wouldn’t bankrupt us and would give the room a contemporary look. They have all the in unit storage goodies like tray and dividers which the expensive kitchens boast as well.
Having escaped the maze we found ourselves back at the cafe (what a surprise!) and had a fish and chip lunch. Not restaurant class cuisine but very acceptable. Then down to what they describe as the market place. Here is where they get you. We all know it’s designed that way and you have to go through with your eyes shut not to succumb to pretty glasses, the very reasonable pots, pans, lights……and so on.
We did get a metal storage stand which will be used for holding freshly baked pasty and pies. We quickly run out of cooling space on baking day so this should help us and will be taken into the new work kitchen eventually. Oh yes and 8 glass spice/herb jars, but you can get a teaspoon in the top of them and they will take a full refill pack which most of them don’t.
I am glad to be back home though!
