An Chistin

..the Kitchen.

 This is a nice trivet/wall decoration that I received on the
Christmas craft exchange day.    Everyone picked a name out of a box (no peeking was allowed), and they then had to make a gift for that person.  Wes Sensenig got my name.  He stained the wood and carefully carved the wood.  It came out nicely!

where I spend much of my time

Ruth Yoder gave me these tulips.  Don't they make you want to smile?

This cute thing is my Irish oven.  Most ovens are very small like this.  The top part is a grill/broiler.  The bottom half is my oven (13 in. high).  If anyone would have told me I'd be serving work groups and loads and loads of people with this, I'd never believe them.  Actually, my 2 crockpots came to the rescue several times!

The refrigerator.
  The fridge is on the top.  The freezer is on the bottom.     This has served us well, despite its small size and our 9 person family.  Leftovers are less likely to get lost, though!  :)  Actually, I see one right now- that top shelf, next to the Hellman's.  By the way, was I ever glad to see Helmann's Mayonaisse sold in Ireland.  It's my all-time, hands-down favorite!  

the other half of the room.

Pictures of friends and family

Beth is cooking soup in the kitchen.  My girls often help me.  Sometimes the boys, too.

Anna made banoffee- a banana-toffee dessert.  Very yummy!  There's a caramel condensed milk, sold in Ireland, that is in the recipe.  That was new to us.

a popular 'hangout'-  We spend lots of time around this table, talking and discussing life.

Come join us sometime in my 'chistin!' 

yup, it's irish.