Day 2

The junk pile is gone, there's a port-a-potty and a 20-foot dumpster sitting in my driveway, the sink and counter and cabinet are gone, and the tile and drywall is gone. But strangely enough, it looks pretty much like yesterday, only minus the sink, so I'll show you something new instead:First family meal since we moved the "kitchen" to the guest bedroom.

Yes, that's the over-the-stove microwave sitting on the table (it only works if you chock it up on some 1x3s that Jason fished out of the dumpster) with a toaster oven on top.

The mess on the right is the "pantry," or what I think we might actually use when we only have a toaster oven and microwave to cook in. It's sitting on top of the under-the-bed storage boxes full of gift wrap and CDs, which are sitting on top of the pile of mattresses and box springs that used to be the guest beds.

Notice that we're eating real (reheated) food, with vegetables and everything? That's going to go downhill sharply, I'm sure, and by the end of the project we'll probably be licking pizza crumbs off the carpet and drinking out of the toilet.

Not shown: The plastic tote we're using to wash dishes in the bathtub. I just couldn't face the thought of having to clean the tub in order to wash dishes, so a $3 plastic tote was a good investment. Bonus: The dish drainer can sit inside it when I'm done washing, and the whole thing sits inside the upturned lid, so the mattresses don't get (too) wet when we store it downstairs. Now THAT'S planning!

Maybe someday soon I'll show you how the Closet of Useless Kitchen Gadgets was cleared out to make room for lots of paper plates and Tupperware and sippy cups ... oooh, the excitement!