Did we win the lotto?

Why did we decide to remodel our kitchen? It certainly wasn't because we are dot com millionaires. And to answer the title of this post, no we did not win the lotto. Despite that, we are going to go into debt up to our eyballs to remodel our kitchen. There are a variety of reasons why - pick your favorites:

·      Moorea finally stopped chewing on the cabinets and molding. She’s still throwing up from time to time on the floor, but so does Jason (eek! Is that making fun of him?!) so it feels like we can safely assume that the new cabinets will be left alone.

·      We live in a small house. The “showpiece” is the kitchen, because it’s so large. So if we’re going to hang our hat on that, it really does need to look nicer (or at least like the dog didn’t cut her adult teeth on it).

·      Our dishwasher is being a diva. In this instance, diva meaning not actually cleaning our dishes. So, we need a new one. And I want stainless steel. But therein lies the rub. All of our appliances are white. So if we get a stainless dishwasher, then that means I need a new stove, refrigerator and microwave. And what the heck – might as well add a built in wine fridge. Oh, so we might as well gut the kitchen and start over from scratch.

·      Once upon a time, we had an ant problem. Which, I will assure you, has been remedied. However, in order to remedy said ant problem, we had to tear up our kitchen floor. And they don’t make Pergo (cheap, fake wood) to withstand being pulled up. So, we have a lovely hole in our floor that exposes the many other layers of fashionable flooring that came before it.

·      I have always hated our kitchen. Jason will tell you that I am being dramatic and bratty and that we are fortunate to own a house, with a decent kitchen. But I hate it.