Micah and Christine

I miss my home, especially when I am cooking. Our kitchen in North Carolina is really nice- by far the nicest kitchen I have had in my life. I think I have been a little spoiled by it, because when I cook in this kitchen in San Francisco I find myself daydreaming about my kitchen back home.

The other day Micah said, "I miss our counters." This came as no surprise to me, and I was thinking of all that prep space I have back home when I asked him why he missed them. His response? "Because they're beautiful."

So, to end my moaning about missing my kitchen, I will just make a list of all the things I miss, in no particular order.

1. Nice knives. Sawing one's way through a tomato is not fun.
2. A pretty view out my window when washing dishes. I miss spying on all of our older neighbors walking their dogs.
   
3. On the subject of dishes: Having a dishwasher. So, I hate my dishwasher. It was way too much money for something that doesn't work well, but I love having a dishwasher.
4. My oven. I felt like I knew what I was doing with it. The one here is gas. Cooking with gas is not as hard as I had feared, but I still don't feel confident.
5. Cups. I think we have five cups here, and that includes two beer steins, a mug, and a wine goblet.
   
6. Spices. We bought the basics when we came here, but did not invest in the full array sitting in my cabinet back home.
7. Ample counterspace for making meals.
8. My aprons and oven mitts, 'cause they're cute.
   
9. Can opener, pizza cutter, food processor, mixer, just about any type of cooking gadget...
   
10. Being able to cook in the kitchen and talk with Micah working on his computer in the office. This is more a function of Micah working a forty-hour a week job than anything else, but I still miss it.
    

Okay, I've had my little whine and I'm done now. :) It's really not so bad cooking here, it just makes me appreciate home and look forward to being back there.