I woke up at 5:00 a.m. on Saturday. It was 33 degrees here in Redford and the temperature was falling.
I gave up all hope of sleeping in and stripped the bed,
starting the weekend wash.
I made some scrambled eggs with chives. I topped them with
cheese and ate a great breakfast. Then I shaved, showered and got dressed to
run errands.
It was 31 degrees when I left the house at 9:00 a.m., BTW. I
went to Office Depot, Meijer’s, Home Depot, Westborn, Kroger’s and finally the
Post Office. I was home by 10:45 a.m., so it was kind of a blitz errand run.
I unloaded the truck and put everything away. Then I started
another load of laundry and the dishwasher.
Then I got back to Vicky’s cabinet doors. Since she’ll be
here tomorrow, it will be a great time to show her a sample and get her
blessing. No sense in doing them all and finding out she doesn’t like them.
So. I picked one of each styles and a drawer. The original
uppers still need more stripping, but I took the best one. I set up a station in the garage and sanded
the hell out of it. I blew that off and got started.
First I used the “deglosser” and a scrub pad to clean each
door and the drawer front. When that dried, I applied the base coat. That had
to dry for three hours. Then I reapplied it and set the timer for three more
hours. I took a nap to pass the time.
Then I applied the “decorative glaze.” You put it on with a
foam brush and then wipe it off with some sort of cheesecloth pad. I did each
door and the drawer face a little different, so she could pick out the one she
liked best. I let them all dry overnight.
Note: I did NOT apply the top coat. That way I can still
adjust the amount of glaze.
I made some shrimp scampi over linguine for dinner. I used
an Ina Garten recipe to turn a baguette into garlic bread. I put six finely
minced gloves of garlic into 1/4 cup of olive oil and warmed them up in a
saucepan. I cut the baguette into 1/2 inch slices on the diagonal.
I brushed the bread with the infused oil and set them on a
half sheet pan. I sprinkled them with shredded Parmesan cheese and put them in
the oven.
Here’s where things went wrong…
I watched them closely to get a nice toasty look (and I
did). But, it dried them out too much and they were so crunchy it hurt your
mouth to eat them! Dammit!
But, the shrimp scampi was good.
I got a text from Vicky. There is apparently a family birthday party her Mother forgot to mention, so they have to come over at 10:00 a.m. instead of 2:00 p.m. as we had previously discussed.
I got a text from Vicky. There is apparently a family birthday party her Mother forgot to mention, so they have to come over at 10:00 a.m. instead of 2:00 p.m. as we had previously discussed.
I checked on the doors once more before going to bed at
11:00 p.m.
Well, now you have croutons for a Cesar salad!
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