Ode to my kitchen

Okay, don't everyone drop dead at once! I know it has been a full month since I have blogged. I am working on the once a month plan, what do you think? So I am starting off with the kitchen. This hideous beast is my kitchen (or was). Notice first, the size. Yes this is the entire kitchen. I have no counter space since to the right of the sink was my microwave and to the left is where my dish drying rack was, since the dishwasher has been broken for several months. The sad part is that the dishwasher is only a couple of years old. I couldn't wait for the new kitchen and took a saws all to the cabinets to add this beauty. These brown cabinets (which are really just shelves nailed to the wall with doors on the front) are the original. They were built and installed in 1947, perhaps I should give them to a museum. Too bad they are now in shards. The linoleum however was an update. The original linoleum was even uglier and in worse condition than this, imagine. The electrical is another reason why I loved this kitchen. Wires were hanging out of cupboards and under cupboards and all over in side of them. We also had just one outlet, which the microwave was plugged into. If you tried to use any other appliance in addition to this the breaker would flip. My neighbor was just telling me about how her daughter is dying to update her kitchen as it is 30 years old. Okay, my kitchen turned 60 this year! And it is time for an update. Thank the lord. Andy and I just delve into it on Monday. In a couple of hours we managed to devalue our house about $30,000. My kids were terrified. "how will we eat now?" I am sure they just thought I was in another one of my bad moods. :)

So, serious dust. I was dying! I got to go at it with the sledge hammer a while though, that was fun, but a little bit scarey. So anyway, Andy broke a pipe, flooded the basement when the dishwasher was unhooked, broke the panel for the alarm system (with a falling cupboard) and put a few holes in the wall (including the dining room, which made me sad). But Andy is quite the worker, he got it all ripped out in no time.

Including 4 inches of flooring!Last picture. This one is for Kristen who thinks my house is a filthy pit anyway. What do you think now? Sorry for the most boring blog ever. I'll update you in a few days so you can see our progress. I am sure you are waiting with baited breath. Try to control your anticipation......