How I Get My Kid to Ingest Zucchini and Other Tricks

Wow. Things are getting pretty stressful here at Chez Kutcher. We've had a few days of our plumber no-showing to a job that was supposed to be done last Wednesday, unforeseen expenses that are really pushing our limits (and buttons), and an all-around "GET ME OUTTA HERE" cabin fever feeling, even though we spent a lovely weekend at my family's home in PA.

Let's talk about something exciting and stress-free, like feeding toddlers. That's not stressful at all. Ha.

Kitchen's Last Stand

The time has finally come to update our kitchen.

We've been without our broke-down, mashed-up, eclectic kitchen for officially two days, but we've not been able to use it for almost a week; The water, gas, and electricity have been off since last Thursday. The whole project is slated to take approximately six weeks. Gulp. If you'd have asked me last week how I thought I'd be faring right now, I'd say I was sure to lose my mind. On Sunday evening, I thought about how stupid we were for doing this in the heat of the summer and with a 15 month old running around...and how we really should have done this BEFORE we had our first child. Oops. I imagine it was sort of like that moment that many people have just prior to walking down the altar to be married; A cold-feet sort of moment where you have to make the fight or flight choice.