Junk Drawer?

I shared my Kitchen Organization post on Facebook and my brother-in-law commented, asking to see the junk drawer. Well, since learning about (and embracing) the KonMari method, I no longer have a junk drawer.

The closest thing I've got is this drawer. I didn't use dividers here. It didn't feel necessary.

And one more smaller drawer.

They definitely aren't junk drawers, just drawers with miscellaneous stuff. So, what do you think, Uncle D?

New House Project: Kitchen, Part 2

I thought I'd start off showing you the temporary kitchen. To keep the dust, cold and mess out of the temporary kitchen and the rest of the house, the Lizard King put up this plastic sheeting. Of course, he added his silly touch to it.

The Pseudo Kitchen, angle 1

The Pseudo Kitchen, angle 2

 The bowl from the light fixture broke on LK's head. Ouch!

And this is where I did dishes. Downstairs. In the garage. In the cold.

New things happening in the kitchen (as of December 8th). There is more, but I've got to take those pictures.

I have a sink with running water!

For the first time in 7 weeks, I was able to do dishes in the kitchen sink.

Another update coming soon.

Winter Tree

In all this construction, we promised Princess that we would still put up the tree. Hanukkah starts Sunday evening, so we had to get going!

The wall behind the tree isn't fully painted (mudding still has to happen to a wall repair), but the tree is up. The Lizard King put up the lights, Princess put up all the ornaments. Our tree topper has fizzled after 15 years. We're hoping it's just bulbs, so LK is going to try that to see if that's the issue. Although, it would be odd for all the bulbs to go at once, right? Still, I love that tree topper and it seems to be a bit of a challenge to find a light-up snowflake tree topper that we like.

I still can't believe how big Princess has gotten!

Happy Holidays, everyone!

New House Project: Kitchen, Part 1

The seventies called. They want their kitchen back.

So much has happened since the last time I blogged. I'm no longer working at my last job and I am starting my own business! But more on that later. I found The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo, and embraced it. Through these changes and others, we made the decision to downsize. The Lizard King has wanted to buy a fixer for us to remodel for a very long time. I finally agreed. First room to rehab is the kitchen. It's not complete yet, but as of this moment, here it is!

Before

Demo Day

Drywall 

Mud (drywall compound)

Cabinet Installation Begins

The other half of the cabinets will be installed later today. I can't wait to see it!

Yard & Garden

Trees to plant. They'll go right where they sit. Beautiful way to block negative energy. I can't wait until they grow big and tall.

 The Lizard King planted a corn field and got over a dozen ears!

 Sunflowers

 The Royal Dog, enjoying the summer weather

Adding some trees in the side yard landscape

 Flowers to the front

LK worked so hard on this!

 Rosemary bush is getting big!

 Our ground contains lots of rock and lots of BIG rock! It took some ingenuity to get some of the giant rocks out.