July 2009
3 posts
Yellow Cake with Chocolate Frosting
chikacooks:
Yet again I have attempted a cake from @SmittenKitchen. Not only A cake, THE cake. Yellow cake with chocolate frosting. So simple yet so easy for it to go terribly wrong. This is the classic. Everyone knows what it should taste like, at least in their opinion. It’s my fiance’s favorite type of cake. When I stumbled across this recipe, I asked “What do you think about this?” His...
Oops. Entirely My Fault.
Turns out, yesterday’s post about the exploratory interview was all my fault — the cause of the interview at least. Seems I had a bit of miscommunication with my manager, so she’s just trying to look out for my career… No real harm can come from entertaining the man and attending the interview, so this is actually kind of exciting now. I’ll go talk to the gentleman,...
Exploratorium
Apparently, I’ve been set up with an exploratory interview for Friday morning. My manager wants me to have career growth opportunities and my current area has a lot of tenured employees that make it harder for me to advance. I guess this is just to find out if I’d even be interested in changing positions… they don’t even know that I’m fully qualified for the...
June 2009
4 posts
Contractor Is Not Amused
Thanks to the contractor’s limitations and the inability to use the 30” vanity I’ve already purcahsed, we were forced to look for a new vanity, and generally redesign the bathroom for the upcoming renovation. I wonder how the contractor will deal with the fact that I think there will be less tile work, as now it seems that only the actual shower/tub area and floor will be...
Renovation Tips #684 and #685
Don’t buy ANYTHING until your friendly neighborhood contractor approves it. And whatever you do, don’t go changing the design plan without notifying the man. They don’t like that. Not one bit.
Preparing for Renovations
Whatever you do, don’t decide to have both bathrooms worked on concurrently. Also, you’d be surprised at how much work goes into clearing out rooms that are going to be worked on. Lastly, if you have a second project that might somehow be related to what the contractor you’ve hired is doing, talk to them about adding it into the project — it’s likely to be cheaper...
Benefit of a Home Office #463
Take a 15 minute break and shave your head. :D