The Cycle Has Begun

My mom says that every time we get a house just the way we want it, we move.

In our previous homes, we've had to replace the stove. Then the dishwasher. Then, when we had money saved up, we'd rip out the vinyl floors and put in ceramic tile. Or, remodel the master bath...

My oven is on the fritz. I made cookies a few weeks ago, and I had a hard time not burning them. They would cook in less than five minutes, with the temperature at 300F.

Here's the "plain" stove we currently have.

Last Saturday I cooked a cheesecake for Studmuffin's birthday. I cooked it as I always have...

The darn thing wasn't done in the middle.

Apparently my thermostat is messed up...Also, the clock and timer on it keeps over 2 minutes for every one minute of real time.

Studmuffin has been wanting a new stove for a while now. Our current one is just so "plain." He also wants a new dishwasher, refrigerator, and washing machine...

I want a new fence and a closed, aerated septic system.

Can you say "roll reversal?"

So. This week I will look at new stoves. Then, if history repeats itself, we will need a new dishwasher, as this one will quit within a month or so of the new stove...This is the model I'm currently thinking (read here: drooling) about. Although the price is making me cringe.

Then, I will end up putting in tile floors somewhere. (Although my plan in my head is for laminate or wood.)

And, our house will be beautiful.

Then, Studmuffin will come home and inform me we are moving...

And the cycle will be complete for another few years.

Randomness

I have so many random things going on today.....

Like this dratted chocolate donut that my husband brought home from church yesterday. The girls ate all but this lone donut. Sitting there in the box. All alone. Calling me...

Andi.....

Yes, donut?

I'm heeeeere!

I don't need you! Go away!

I'm very lonely in this box, all alone.....Just....come and talk to me for a minute. Have another cup of coffee. There. Now, isn't that nice? But, wait, don't you want some company with that...

mmmpf, gulp, gulp, smack, chomp, smack, gulp, gulp.

There, that shut him up...Moving on...


This is my kitchen window. It has a problem. Well, no it doesn't have a problem. Studmuffin has a problem. With this window. He says it's boring. Too boring for lovely new countertops (that still aren't in) and a barn red bead board back splash.


I say these lovely tomatoes that are sprouting on my kitchen window give it character and warmth. Seriously, I went to eat these tomatoes, and they were all bumpy! I waited, and they soon sprouted. Now, I must remember to buy soil to plant them in, so I can have early tomatoes...That were essentially free!


But boring? I love my kitchen window with it's charming embroidered tea towels/mantle scarves, or whatever the heck they were originally for. I can't imagine anyone actually putting this work into something to dry dishes with.

The Farmer Boy one is signed on the back "Malcolm B. Harris." I think it was made by a little boy. The pretty lady has a hand crocheted trim. Same thing with the basket on the right....

Or is it tatted? I really don't even know what tatting is, but maybe this is it.

The one on the left was edged with a surger (sp?), but I like the blue color of the flower.

I got all of these at a junk store. I love them. But, why love it if it won't be where everyone can see it?

Studmuffin disagrees. He says the window needs curtains. I say it needs character, and who else would hang these in their kitchen but me?

What do YOU think? For more pictures of my kitchen (minus the improvements soon to come, click here.)