The gate, the kitchen and the dare

Here ya go Sif!  Isn't it beautiful?

And because I couldn't be stuffed tidying up the kitchen before I took the photo, I'll treat you with and additional annotated pic of our kitchen mess.

Clockwise(ish) from left:

• A mostly chewed (by Little V) grape on a crummy plate, as in a plate with crumbs on it, probably from someone's breakfast, sitting next to a plastic bag containing the stalk of the grapes and a few grape dregs
• An opened packet of biscuits and 2 dirty tea mugs from when my Dad came over a couple of hours ago
• The deep fryer.  I have no idea why it's sitting there
• A used glass and plate (probably from my lunch) and a bottle of dishwashing liquid
• A very grubby gas cooker with some very grubby dishes on it
• Knives, jug and cleaning spray (no, I don't Enjo)
• The sink with more dirty dishes, wine glasses etc...
• Very brown cupboards
• Some vases, a dirty tissue and a coffee machine we've borrowed from my inlaws
• A plastic bag full of something on the floor
• The dishwasher (full of clean dishes because I haven't emptied it yet), microwave and dirty teatowel
• The fridge, which is looking quite uncluttered except for a funky magnet my friend gave me a couple of weeks ago that says "she was the life of the tupperware party", some family photos and magnets to stick them up, a few other magnets (gotta have a Darth Vader magnet on yr fridge!), the kitchen timer and a laminated Little C with removable/posable arms and legs from the "pin the limbs on the C" game we played at his birthday party.
  

Do you dare to show off your as-is kitchen pics too? Yes, you do!

Is this a lame-o attempt at a meme? Yes, it is!

So if you're reading this, take a picture of your kitchen as it is right now and post it on your blog. Surely I'm not the only person with a bit o' kitchen mess.

...okay I'm going to clean it now before ANM gets home from work...