Fiction author Robin Brande talks about writing, reading, and other vital matters

Sorry I’ve been a little AWOL, but let me give you a little perspective: I used to think the absolute worst thing to be going on in my house was when the piano tuner showed up and kept playing the same note over and over and OVER again, soft, then loud, then louder–you get the picture–until I really wanted to take a shovel to his head. Not that I didn’t appreciate having a sweet-sounding piano when he was through, but this guy (no longer my current tuner) was just relentless with that Middle C. Then when he finished tuning (about an hour-long process), he’d sit there and show off by playing some complicated piece that was beyond my skill level, when really I just wanted the guy out of my house so I could try to calm my nerves again and stop the ringing in my head.

So the good news: After many years of talking about it, planning it, changing our minds about it, occasionally bickering over whether the kitchen island should be closed off to create a U-shape (which I identified as a cattle shoot, with me trapped at the back end, where if we ever had dinner guests over again (unlikely), that amorous husband of one of my friends might be able to trap me and kiss me–long story), we finally began our kitchen project a few days ago. And the best part about that is that my multi-talented husband is actually making all the kitchen cabinets himself, so we will have beautiful mesquite and cherry wood throughout that room, and he will have touched and worked on every piece himself, which I’m told creates excellent ju-ju in a room like that. Very happy with that outcome.

The bad news: Demolition.

The banging, the sawing, the dust, the banging–did I mention the infernal BANGING? There’s really nowhere to go to escape. And we won’t even talk about how Bear is taking it–poor guy doesn’t know whether to keep barking or go hide in his kennel and console himself with a bone. I’ve started chewing bones, too, just to give my teeth something to do besides grind.

But as I often have to say after a complaint session like this, “Oh, poor you–having to get a new kitchen put in. Boo hoo. Call me when you have some real problems.”

But does he have to BANG quite so much???

Over and out.

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Posted on Thursday, February 7th, 2008 at 10:33 am under Life . Subscribe to responses: RSS 2.0 Comment Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.