One year ago, I was watching my 1960s kitchen cabinets(photos in link) get tossed out into my backyard, along with the sink and oven. I was a little reminiscent of days long gone by, like my baby’s first bath in that sink (given to him in his blue Fisher Price tub by his mom mom) and him standing on a step stool, looking so cute as we dyed Easter eggs together over the years. We did a bunch of messy things out there! But it was time for something new. There were more things on the countertops then inside the cabinets! I had drawn up a plan years before we actually went to the Home Depot for them to help us design the kitchen. I know I wanted light colored cabinets-it’s not a huge kitchen and the honey wood maple or whatever was not to my liking anymore. So I got the ‘fawn glaze’ finish which is an off white with ‘distress’, meaning little boo-boos to make them look older, but not overdone. The plans that were drawn on the computer were very much like the ones I had made up in my head! I wanted a pantry closet, a movable oven and stove combo with the glass top and a separate counter for baking.

I liked that we did some of the finishing-painting, tiling (with glass mosaics that I did) and tin which Bri and I both worked on. I pretty much know where everything is now. When I buy a bunch of groceries, they get ‘put away’ and you can’t tell I was even food shopping. It’s really easier to assemble things for cooking too.

I was just thinking I should give each cabinet a wipe out for their anniversary. I already do that to the bread drawer and pot cabinet frequently, but I think I will do that tomorrow as we are planning to meet Bri’s pal Kathy tonight for dinner. I am praying my sinuses will decompress soon. They started ‘acting up’ last night. Sean and Bri both are having nasal issues too. I was blaming mine on emptying my mom’s bagless vacuum out in the wind a few days ago. Speaking of mom, I so need to get her one of those mats with the stiff bristles for muddy shoes. No way should two people be making that much dirt-they are dragging it in on their shoes-no real sidewalk and Jim walks up and down the stone drive which is more dirt than stones now. When four kids lived there I don’t remember seeing that much. Maybe I just didn’t care or my live-in grandmom kept it cleaned up. I think both!