Just Some Small Additions

Okay, okay I heard loudly...GET NEW POT HOLDERS.  They were so unrecognizable that labeling my picture of  them was helpful.  I have to confess I am so bad at this.  I am not a shopper. Unless it is decorative and a necessity for the kitchen, it doesn't land in that category for me.  Thirty years of cooking for a large household has taken its toll on my kitchen resources.  During Christmas, my kitchen yelled, "UNCLE". It began to protest my negligent...handles fell of my 30 year-old pots, appliances died...right in the middle of Christmas cooking... the nerve of them!  Why is it that all of these things can't survive for a lifetime?  Now, true confession...those pot holders have to be at least 10 years-old...that is just horrible.

So I pushed  my non-shopping body out the door to make myself a kitchen to die for.  Would you like to see what I got?  Now remember, all of these items are NEEDS and not just WANTS...because they are more than justified in my household where they will be put to continuous use.

In honor of the world champion blogger....I have to replace my still-working-but-I-am-not-taking-the-risk Kitchen Aid Mixer.  Look what I got!

Now isn't that just to die for?   A Pioneer Woman Kitchen Aid...I am hoping just having it brings success to anything I cook. It will be the centerpiece in my dream kitchen... with soap-stone counter top and a farmer's sink. If I can't be a farmer's wife, at least I can have a farmer's sink.

Since blogging has enhanced my love for "tablescaping" (I didn't realize there was a name for what I did), I now have dozens of dishes to wash. Instead of just eating on one or two plates, we now have coordinated plates for everything. So I NEED TWO dishwashers.  Think how much I wash when the 10 of us get together for a meal!

I just love the option of two drawers. So when I finally have an empty-nest, I can use only one drawer. But for now, both washers will be filled to compacity with my multiple layers of dishes.

Now, how can I continue all the gourmet cooking I am learning from all these wonderful blogs and the Food Network with my small stove and single oven....heaven forbid. So this non-shopper woman, with 10 year-old pot holders, just ordered one of these.

The subway tile with the wooden floors just finished up my dream kitchen and now it is ready for a good work-out.  Are you ready to come to dinner?

Just in case you heard about a local Menopausal woman robbing the local bank....well, lets just say, she NEEDED all of this and you know you shouldn't cross her when that time comes.

Oh well... a girl can dream can't she? I think I blogged on dreaming at the beginning of the year.

(Back to reality)... Instead, I bit my lip very hard... swallowed all my justification and went into Ross.  Here are my new purchases...I bought three sets!  MY SIMPLE PLEASURE THIS WEEK!  Now I am going to slowly replace some of those older pieces of kitchen necessities...a one-handled colander!!

Carol at Our Sears Kit House  DOES have my dream kitchen. Now... to get my home-builder son to copy it for me one day. Stop by and see it...it is to die for.  If anyone of you has this wonderful kitchen of my dreams....please by all means ENJOY IT!!!  In the mean time, I am so thankful God has given me a working kitchen in our rent home with a gas stove and the best layout I have ever had.  Everything is in working order.  He smiled on me!

Now who knew that mugs were such a sensitive matter?  The comments on my mugs were hysterical and enlightening. No, I didn't throw all of our sentimental mugs away, for all of you who were horrified at that thought... but now there is room for new ones!  The Christmas mis-matched ones have their own shelf.