When I was a young bride, there were a lot of useful things I threw away.  I didn’t realize they were useful.  I drained my canned vegetables and fruit right down the sink!  When we decided to get out of debt and tighten our belt, I looked at everything in a new way.  I save the vegetable broth as a base for soups, gravy, and for cooking rice and quinoa in.  And the fruit juice (or light syrup) I saved for ……

It’s interesting to see my old kitchen in this video!  It doesn’t seem so bad now that I’ve lived without anything for so many months, lol.  But you can sort of see the hole around and under the stove top which is one of the reasons we decided to gut the place and start over.  We just heard that our cabinets are in and we are making arrangements to pick them up Monday.  I’m still a little bewildered how Darren and I are going to assemble and install them ourselves.  But I have a drill and I’m willing to work—just tell me what to do!

It feels like it’s going to be a long time before everything is finished.  I’d like to use Ikea countertops because I love the look and the price!  But the nearest Ikea is 600 miles away and then I will still need to stain and waterproof them.  Plus cut a hole for the sink and install them.  At this point, I’m not sure how to do any of that, but not knowing how hasn’t stopped me from trying before :).