Kitchen frustration

So the kitchen is not finished but ....
I do have a new Great nephew!!!  at 8:16pm yesterday Jaeden Lee was born!  and weighed 5 lbs 11 oz -- 19 inches long He and his mommy are both doing wonderful!  Praise God!!!  
Considering he was a month early we are all very thankful that our heavenly Father was in control!  This has been really really hard on me, watching my beautiful sweet super intelligent niece go through all of this.  I love her like she is my own cause you see I helped raise her for many years.  When she lived with us we treated her just like we did our kids and although it was hard really hard at times to have the extra kids here to feed and care for we wouldn't change one second of the time we spent with them!  We won't get to see this beautiful baby or his mommy till August  :( But I know we will spoil them both when we do.  
now this whole kitchen nightmare has to get finished off today!  I need to get it done and go look at a washer and dryer....used cause Dave Ramsey says I need to be frugal and I normally am but man it is hard when these new washers and dryers do sooooo much more than the old ones did, or will do when I buy used.  Ok back to the kitchen! yeehaw! 

Day 3 of the Kitchen nightmare

I will upload pics eventually.....today the kids think they should sleep all day and I am really not in the mood to fight with them.  I did however make it to Wal-mart last night (my least favorite place)  I got some cabinet organizer thingy's and new rubbermaid to hopefully make the reorganization of my kitchen a bit easier.  I decided that I would get rid of a set of dishes and the slotted plates.  Ok for those of you that know me and how I don't like my food to touch..this is a big deal!!!!  C will fight me on the slotted plates, but my theory is we manage everywhere else to not use a slotted plate we can manage at home.  Besides C is only home at best 4 months out of the year, and then she only eats a couple meals a week at home with us.  getting rid of the other set of dishes freed up an entire cabinet and if you have been in my teeny tiny kitchen you know that is a HUGE deal!  so I am a bit excited and feel the cleansing power of purging my kitchen will make me feel better about losing the bakers rack.  The kitchen is really dirty....well not dirty just white so everything shows up which really really annoys me.  I am seeing every single greasy fingerprint as I go, and now I am thinking paint....hmmm  it sounds exciting until I actually start.  I know I can't do it right now but possibly in a couple weeks gotta finish these other projects first.  Church this evening, and then I have a bunch of sewing to do, and I need to get busy on that washer and dryer hunt!  I will run out of clean clothes soon!

Update on my niece she is still in labor.....over 24 hours now thank God she isn't in a lot of pain.  I am secretly praying that her labor stops.  She is only 15 and her actual due date is one month from today.....Prayers for her and her baby are greatly appreciated.  God is in control and has a plan I just wish my  sister would keep her mouth shut and let the doctors do their job.  Sorry ya'll I disabled the comments cause these are my opinions, my relationship with my sister has always been tough and I always bite my tongue when it comes to her.  But with my nieces and nephews whom I spent the better part of 10 years raising I want what is best for them and I assure you this is not what is best, nor is it what the good Lord wants for them either!  

work in progress and a bit of chaos

So I have been a huge huge fan of some dear friends blogs for months, so today I decided that the time was right for me to start my own.  It is a work in progress and it will be for a while.....the perfectionist in me says it will never be as good as I want it to be.  Today is a busy day, my niece is in Labor I fully expect to be a great aunt by the end of the day.  My other boys are here hanging out.  I replaced the old fridge, w/ a new bigger fridge and I love it except for the fact that my kitchen is tiny and now I have a ton of stuff that has no home in my kitchen because the bakers rack that used to fit perfectly next to the fridge will no longer fit.  I have way to many things going on and need to finish several projects.  I have a goldfish pond in the back that I recently moved, and seriously need to finish the landscaping around it and fix the waterfall, filter and pump stuff. It also needs a guard put on it so the little neighbor guy doesn't sneak over to look at the fishy and accidentally get hurt.  I need to finish stripping and redoing the buffet I bought 2 years ago....it will be a TV stand with an electric sun heater fireplace when we finish it.    Then there is a kitchen that seriously needs my attention.  Did I mention the appliances at our house held a meeting and decided to all go to the graveyard together, so I need to look for a new washer and dryer too.  New Hebron Christian school has their fundraiser auction this friday and I serously need to get my items for that ready!  (I really think I may have adult ADD, with a tad bit of OCD, but you will learn all about that as this blog grows.  As life would have it I am now feeling a bit overwhelmed at all I need to be doing so here I go to get it done.