Hello me beauty!

For the past 15 months, I have been living with this in my kitchen:

It is a glasstop stove, and it is CRACKED.

I know I could have purchased a replacement for the cracked portion, but I wasn't really impressed with the performance before it cracked.  I hated the thought of spending money on something that didn't work well to begin with.

So I've been hemming and hawing, picking and choosing, changing my mind again.  Cooking with electric skillets and an electric kettle, I've been making do without the stove top (too scared to use the stovetop once it cracked).  But last week, I finally plucked up the courage and made a DECISION and purchased a stove.

Anyhoo, I far more excited about this appliance than a nice girl should be.  Isn't she loverly?

I have a roast in there right now & it smells heavenly.  I expect that the new stove will hit it off with this guy

and soon the house will be filled with lovely little baked offspring.  Good thing DH & I both work outside the home so we can offload some of the goodies!

Holiday Houseworks: Food Storage Week

It is a good thing I started prepping for the holidays back in September!  I'll admit, the past few weeks I have only  been half-heartedly getting tasks marked off my to-do list.  But now, everything seems frighteningly close

Last week was the cooking space week and I actually got back down to business.  Motivation came in the form of getting the kitchen ready for a BRAND NEW STOVE!  Just a few surfaces to wipe down and we'll be ready for the delivery :)

I thought I disliked the tasks on the bathroom week more than anything.  I was wrong, because now I have to tackle food storage.  This means cleaning the fridge folks!  Because of the dangerous nature entailed with cleaning this appliance, I'll be sure to announce exactly when I'm going in.  Just so  you know when to send in the Search and Rescue team.  If you don't see anymore posts from me, you will know that I lost my battle with the Food That Time Forgot in the unmarked plastic container from the back of the bottom shelf.

Food storage also means tackling my pantry spaces.  Yes, I said spaces.  I have a small cabinet in the kitchen that can be used for pantry items.  I also use the big drawer in the buffet to hold things that don't sit on the shelf easily.  The rest is on a shelving unit in the basement.  And all three are completely out of control.  Organizing it is a daunting task, but I have a cunning plan that just might turn my functional kitchen into a Fabulous Kitchen. 

Stay tuned.....................

The Christmas Pudding, Poster 1928 Giclee Print