Food Glorious Food....

I must admit, I am always looking for the "smoking gun" for my sons behavior problems. This week I have decided it is our food and eating habits. I'm not going to go all gluten free casein free on him, but our eating habits are less then stellar, and I know that when I eat a bunch of crap, I feel like crap. Typically, my kids snack ALL DAY LONG. They refuse to eat anything that did not come out of box and they strongly dislike anything titles "meal". We tend to stick to the tried and true, pizza, mac and cheese, and grilled cheese. I have fought with myself  over this for a long time, thinking how could I have let it get this bad? But it wasn't until this past week I decided to throw out (aka lock it up in a closet) all of our usual snacks. Said goodbye to the gold fish cracker, gummy snacks and juice boxes and only left the raisins, wheat thins and pretzels. Add in cheese sticks, grapes and apples and it is starting to look much better. The only exception I made was for the Deep River Rosemary and Olive Oil potato chips, I mean you need to live a little and they are the best...
Here is todays lunch...

It is simple I will admit, an Amy's PB&J granola bar, a cheese wheel, and a few dices of avocado. So far so good, lots of saying "It's good, but I don't like this" and only a little complete refusal to eat, but you have to start somewhere I guess.

Kitchen Part 1

I may have bitten off more then I can chew. It seemed simple enough, "re-do" the kitchen.  Just buy some Ikea cabinets, a sink and a counter top and voila! I think It was when all the walls were torn down that I knew this was a MAJOR remodel. 

This is when it started to hit the fan...

Getting better...

The cat, always in the way. But he's right it is a nicer back door.

We really had only intended to replace cabinets and fixtures, appliances etc....but now we have replaced walls, and a door in addition and are currently debating our floor issue ( the floor may be the most un-pleasant part of all). An added bonus, we are doing this work our selves, new home owners and not familiar with renovation, luckily we have a very kind brother law that is and he has spent the better part of some weekends cutting drywall and hanging cabinets with us. Right now, as I sit and stare at this..... 

(this is currently what my kitchen looks like.)

at least I have my new appliances (even if the electric is cut to the kitchen.)

I just want running water, a working stove, and oh yeah a countertop. I am just on verge of an all out nervous breakdown. The contents of my Kitchen are strewn about the house, the house is a mess, and everyone is going crazy. I am desperate, is it ever going to end? ( I am positive not by the start of our February break..ugh.)

This probably hurts more then helps, but kitchens I love...you must visit here, I love it! (also covet her pyrex.)  And just one more before I really get hopeless...

Suzanna Bierwirth's kitchen via martha stewart