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Our Exciting Kick-off to Kitchen (a.ka. Shark) Week!

Our Exciting Kick-off to Kitchen (a.ka. Shark) Week!

A pictorial journey through our lives this past week, starting last Saturday, when Ken and I decided to prime the dining room walls a couple of hours before his big concert. Smart, huh? Yes, yes, A Problem! If them’s not exciting words, I don’t know what is! Luckily (or hopefully), Rodrigo sent a couple of [...]

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Before and Almost-After Kitchen Pictures

Before and Almost-After Kitchen Pictures

A lot of folks have been asking for pictures of the kitchen remodel.  So, even though we’re still mid-way through (and waiting on our new countertop), here’s the before picture. Is that stove a beaut or what?  Circa 1980, with some good grease stains on the wall, to really give the joint some flavor. Now, [...]

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I Laughed Until I Cried (or That’s Why So Many People Get Divorced During a Remodel)

I Laughed Until I Cried (or That’s Why So Many People Get Divorced During a Remodel)

A few days ago, Ken and I spent three hours trying to find a replacement countertop for the one that Home Depot messed up, and man alive, I’m not quite sure how I survived. I was ready to pass out after the first place, and by the time we hit the second store, I nearly [...]

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Working Out the Kinks (or Why 2 out of 3 Ain’t Bad)

Working Out the Kinks (or Why 2 out of 3 Ain’t Bad)

So, what do you think of our blog’s new look?!  I’m super-excited about it–this has been one of those projects that’s been sitting on the back burner forever, and I’m so glad to finally be moving forward.  Kudos to my bro Dean for helping us get here!  And even though we’ve still got some kinks [...]

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Phase 1: So Far, So Good

Phase 1: So Far, So Good

Is this awesome or what?  That’s my once-upon-a-time dining room wall a-missing over there and man, am I psyched about it!  Especially since we’ve spent the last two years endlessly debating it: should we, or shouldn’t we? We should! And just as we decided to move ahead on the kitchen front, we decided to move [...]

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