Packed up and ready to go.

Well, I didn't think it could be done - we had procrastinated over break and not done as much as we should towards packing the kitchen (although we did do about 1/3rd of it...). So when our contractor said "and everything should probably be out by tomorrow morning at 8AM," I was a bit panicked. Because it was 4pm the day before. But luckily, I have a mother who is a packing machine and two and a half hours later, we were looking at this:

Among the offenders in this kitchen:
- No overhead light due to an electrical issue
- "wood trim" = trim painted with a brush to look like it is wood finish
- paneling. in a kitchen.
- almond colored appliances
- super awesome linenoleum flooring that everyone says they had in their grandmother's house
- ability to turn one claustraphobic

 And hopefully, I'll have some pictures of the big rip out soon to share as well!