Kitchen Face Lift

Yesterday morning, my house, nearly as old as I am, had a wonderful kitchen stove and range that looked a little something like this:

Please don't mind Daddy-Q and Mama J.  They're just enjoying a lot of yummy food, a bit of alcohol and an amazing water balloon war we had in June 2010 for Li'l Sausage's second birthday party.

I wonder what she's giggling about.  Where are her feet?  Something's not right here.

No matter.  Check out the disgusting range hood.

No, no.  NOT the excessive pitchers and "Hand Grenade" drink cups from New Orleans.  And NO, please stop noticing the stack of dirty platters!  It was a party!  Sheesh!

Oh.

You mean you weren't looking at those?

*blush*

That's right.  You were wondering about Mama J's feet.  Sorry to have made an a** out of myself by assuming.

In any case, ugly range hood.  UGLY!  We thought about painting it black to match our $300 stove/oven.  Even bought the heat tolerant paint (or whatever it's called), but it never left the Wal-Mart bag.  It's in the garage.

I think.

*ponders*

Well, a few weeks ago, we purchased this:

It was a mega steal of a deal!  Then it sat pushed over into the corner for what seemed an eternity and dressed up the counter where Li'l Sausage gets his supervised time outs.

He's royally livid about this spot, by the way.  Mommy stands just out of reach, he screeches, hits the counter with his fists (as shown above) and hates that he only needs to have 1/4 of an inch longer arms to reach his Mommy.

I really wish I could stand there and sing, "Nana-nana-boo-boo!" repeatedly.

But I'm a grown up.

Then Li'l Sausage started opening and closing the microwave door in his rants, so once the hardware to install the microwave arrived in the mail, we got to see the cuter side of this little guy once again.

Yesterday he "helped" Bad Boy by fixing the back of the oven so it would be in tip-top shape when it got pushed back into place.

I just want to pinch his cheeks!!!!

After nearly a half day of tireless working and cleaning on Bad Boy's part (and several trips to Lowe's), we now have this:

O.M.G. IT'S GORGEOUS!

Now my wall looks bare.  *sigh*  More home improvement is a must.

We'll be done shortly after the house is paid for in full.

PS - Thank you Mama J for your assistance in picking out the new nickname for Daddy-Q as well as purchasing Li'l Sausage's amazing cute SpongeBob Squarepants shirt.  Without you, there wouldn't be pictures such as this one:

We love you, Mama J!