Myringoscope Monday

myringoscope ~ instrument for viewing the eardrum

How do you spell stress? R*E*N*O*V*A*T*I*O*N

*sigh*

So . . . remember how when we had the cabinets delivered for our kitchen renovation that we were missing a box, the one with the over-the-range do-dad for the microwave? Well, we got a call a couple of weeks ago that it was going to be delivered within a few days.

Later that week we got a delivery – of a cupboard and a large flat panel of . . . something. The cupboard had doors on it so obviously it wasn’t meant for the microwave, and the panel was just puzzling. And there was no sign of the wider trim the contractor had ordered.

Of course the design guy at Home Depot wasn't working that day, and it took a while to actually get a hold of him ‘cause he tends to duck our calls. But he did check into things and confirmed that yes, the missing part of our order was still coming.

Meanwhile, despite already being on lockdown, there were indications that Ontario was going on super duper double lockdown, so our contractor stopped by because he’d heard we had some more stuff delivered. There really wasn’t much he could do with what little there was, so we’re supposed to call him when the rest of it arrives.

Between talking to the designer and talking to the contractor we were becoming very confused as to what was missing from our kitchen. A doorless cupboard for the microwave to sit in? A bracket the microwave just slides into? And what’s the deal with this vent thing?

Then we got another delivery. This time it was the wider trim and a really long thin package that looks like it has a really long panel of some kind inside it. No brackets or anything that might hold a microwave.

It turns out that we need a new microwave – an over-the-range microwave with built in vent. It attaches to the cabinets on either side of the stove and the one that will be above it. And because we have to order it online, it’s going to take at least another week until it gets here and then the contractor can finish the cupboard portion of the kitchen.

And don’t be fooled by the picture. The sink is just sitting in the space where it’s supposed to go, supported by a stack of bins underneath. And the flat surface on either side is just the wooden tops of the cabinets below.

While I can’t use the space for anything that requires cleaning up the surface after, we can still sit the toaster oven in the corner on the left, and the coffee maker on the right. Makes life a little easier at least.

But there’s still no word on when we’re getting our counters.

*sgh*