This year has been a crazy one for our little family. Lots has happened, both good and not-so-good. But instead of enjoying a hard-earned calm stretch of the year and dealing with the natural chaos that comes from the start of the school year and things getting busy at my work, we’ve decided to remodel our kitchen.

The job started a week ago last Monday, and we don’t have a kitchen any more. No cabinets. No counters. No appliances. No floor. No doors. No kitchen.

Today, we got some drywall to repair the holes in our walls and ceiling. A few days ago, a plumber did part of the plumbing work that needs to happen. We’ve had several days of electrical work, and have at least one more major day of electrical changes ahead of us.

In the end, I’m sure it’ll be worth it. But until then, it’s quite odd. We’ve moved our refrigerator into the dining room with a microwave and a couple of shelves full of food and paper plates and plasticware. In a week or two, we have to move all that out of the dining room, too, so we can put down new hardwood floors thoughout much of the house. I’m terrified of being closed in like that, but Ami’s confident it won’t be a big deal.

We’ll see. But until then, ONLY living in chaos looks like a faraway dream.