presenting our new kitchen! (drumrolls, please)

It took a very long time. It isn't done yet. There are lots of little things missing, windows needing replacements, that terribly creaky light/fan soon to vanish, but: We survived. A month in the cold without a kitchen or sink, and we never once got testy.

The proof of a long, good marriage.

We don't know how the oven works, and we are just now filling the dishwasher. But I feel a whole lot better having this part of my life back in working order. It will be the last kitchen renovation, I'm pretty sure of that.

Thanks to all of you who cheered us through!

Now off to the city (in a few hours) to celebrate the librarians who have come to town and to see Tamra Tuller, Lara Starr, Ginee Seo, Sally Kim, and Stephanie Wong at the stellar Chronicle party.

Woot.