What's Up?

 Sometimes I don't have a recipe for you, just some info on what's current in my world. This post is one of them, so snow day for you if that is of no interest to you.

Sweetie and I just finished a project and it turned out really well. He and I sometimes have differing visions when we do these projects, but this time he had me pick the vanity for the downstairs bath and pick the top and basin and the spout, handles and drain. He got to pick the kind of plumbing stuff he wanted to use, what he wanted to do with the old vanity, how he wanted to get the heavy (about 250 pounds!) new vanity inside and how he wanted to trim out the gap between the vanity sides and the wall. Seems like a good division to me.

The photo at the top is of the new vanity, installed. You can't see it, but many of those marvelous new soft-close drawers are filled, outfitted with bamboo dividers in some cases. The old vanity had one large drawer, so everything was easily jumbled. This is so much better! The quartz countertop is also easily cleaned. The sink is oval and porcelain so it's easy to clean, too. One of the best things is that there is no longer tile, so no grout! My sister likes that it is also taller. I think the counter top is about three inches higher than the old one. Since most of the folks in my family are tall, this is a good thing.

Thanks go to Straight Shooter for helping to get the new vanity up some stairs and into the house, and to our great neighbor G who helped move the new vanity into the space created for it when it was time, and for later helping to bring in the new countertop and basin. His most crucial help was in loosening a piece of plumbing. None of the rest would have happened without his help!

G's wife invited us to dinner during the project and she served a family appetizer, which she described as chunks of bread dipped in a cheese batter, pan fried, then sprinkled with paprika. It was delicious and I'm hoping to get the recipe to share with you. The photo is below.