cooking up emotions

[dancing_crow]

I'm having this huge wave of sadness and frustration that I am putting the work into making the kitchen nicer and more usable and thinking about adding lights and colors and we're just going to sell the house. I mean, I hardly cook any more, compared to three meals a day 6 of 7 days a week when the kids were here and in school... I make a giant dinner for 12 - 16 every two weeks, and in between I try to do less and less with the frozen things from Trader Joe. There are only the two of us here, I don't cook anything except supper, it all feels miserably pointless and it's making me distressed and weepy.

Comments

[archangelbeth]

If "a couple years" is expanding by 10, then yeah, "a couple more" is at least 20, so there you go. Have a nice kitchen!

(Further, if you do wind up looking at other places to move to, now you know what you do and don't like in a kitchen, so you can properly ascertain if a given kitchen would make you miserable or not! You are clearly spending time in it for Giant Cooking Events, so don't skimp on the kitchen, no matter how "well, I suppose I could make it work" the foolish Obligation Brainweasels whisper. Kitchens are important. Heck, even for us, who mostly microwave stuff or occasionally use the stovetop -- navigating chokepoints in a kitchen is a thing.)

And if the giant dinners are not only a Huge Crafting Feat but also an important social event... so not pointless twice over! Much pointful. Very knives. O;>

[dancing_crow]

Thank you for your encouragement, I bow before your (substantially more energetic than mine at the mo) kitchen enthusiasm.

[archangelbeth]

We moved house a few times when I was a kid, and me twice as Adult, and after living in a place with a Smol Kitchen... Bigger kitchen is better. *nods firmly*

*sends more encouragement*