Kitchen Demo- Yay!

It's finally happening! My horrible, suffocating kitchen drop ceiling came down. I can hardly believe I lasted as long as I did with it like that. One day, I just couldn't stand it anymore and took a hammer to some of the sheetrock. For a long time, I wanted to do a beautiful expansive pinterest worthy kitchen remodel. But I came to my senses eventually and realized that would take many years of saving... and a continually depressed self as I spend so much time in there.  So we are opting for the more budget friendly version of a remodel. We are keeping everything the same layout but removing the drop ceiling, and removing the top half of the wall to connects to the dining room. I'm considering doing open shelving next to the window. I have never really loved open shelving but I like the idea of more light from the window bouncing around the room. Those are the immediate fixes. It will be a little more time before we do the cabinets, countertop and backsplash. But I'm so excited with it already!

 I should mention here that though I started it, Cameron did all the rest!

It's gone- yay!

In the Garden: Fruit, veggies, and a new chicken run!

This has been a fun month as we have started to get fruit!! Seriously, it is like a dream come true. I can't wait for future years as the plants get bigger and we have even more!

 I started to get red cabbages earlier this month.

They were so beautiful, I didn't want to pick them! This week I'll be making some sauerkraut with the harvest.

 My first year growing shelling peas. They are so good.

 And my little helper

 Two weeks ago, we harvested the rest of the kale and planted more sweet potatoes in it's place.

 I put some bird deterrent ribbon above my blueberries. It is working really well although the view from the street is not so pretty anymore :)

 And this is a happy day for my blueberry loving self.  It's race to see who can get the blueberries first each morning.

 We finally finished the chicken run. It is off the back of the garden and I love it. No more babysitting chickens for us. They were getting too brazen as they walked to the front yard all the time and in the street on occasion. I will post more pictures later, but this is the only one I took so far. We moved our chicks and chickens together as we completed it. Dax still loves the chickens so much, he is in there everyday.

 First blackberry!!