The Drywall Diaries, or the thing that we both said we've never do




Food Mood: Carb comfort


Reno Ridiculouso: Mud, tape, mud, tape, rinse, repeat… forever!

The ten foot sheets of drywall seemed like such an awesome plan when we realized how many fewer seams they would create for mudding and taping.  Yep, awesome plan.  Until my super strong carpenter husband could barely lift them on his own.  We have a drywall lift (buy this item. Now!  I mean it.)  so once we get them in the house it’s easy to get them up on the wall, but damn getting them in the house took a lot of beer and a few neighbours.  Oh, and it was raining a lovely November rain (place cheesy awesome Guns ‘n Roses tune here).  Anyhow, the hubby’s back is aching and there’s a hell of a long road ahead of us to mud, tape, sand, prime, paint, install floor and then put in cabinets.  Estimated timeline to completion: three months.  Lord, let us finish before this becomes a year…
Comfort Potato Bacon Soup (hold the bacon if you like, but then maybe put in a chipotle pepper in adobo sauce during cooking and remove at the end for the smoke flavour)
If you’ve got a hot plate, heat up about 3 tbsp butter in the bottom of a pan.  Put In two stalks of celery, sliced, and three green onions, sliced.  Saute a minute or two.  Add two tbsp flour and stir around to create a chunky roux like thing.  Pour this into the bottom of your crockpot.  If you got nothin’ just put the celery and onions in the crockpot, it’ll be fine. 
On top of the celery and onions put
One box of vegetable stock
One cup of heavy cream or light cream or whatever ya got that’s cream like
Four medium potatoes, peeled and chopped into medium size chunks
Three slices of bacon chopped (or you can crisp these and use them as garnish or leave them out as above)
Cook for however long you have (four hours minimum)
When you’re ready you can puree the potatoes a bit if you’re lucky enough to have an immersion blender.  Or mash them a bit, or leave them, up to you.  If you want it thicker mix some cornstarch and water and shake it up, pour it in slowly and watch the soup thicken as it heats.
Hello! Thanks for stopping by to check out my recipes and commiserate with my (our) misery. Misery loves company! I live in Toronto with my husband and little girl. We have spent a year (yep, that's right, renovating our home) About seven months into this crazy renovation I thought to myself, this has got to be funny or it will be pathetic! And so, I have chosen for funny! This is my collection of mostly crockpot (although sometimes not) recipes paired with the days (weeks, months) that inspired them. Please share your best reno stories and crockpot recipes too.

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