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To celebrate the independence of our great nation, Spouse paid off our kitchen-related debt yesterday!

In the spirit of the Fourth of July, I observed an annual tradition around here and stood in the parking lot in front of my house in the rain listening to the fireworks at the country club down the street. They sound incredible from here. You can only see the top third of most of the bursts since the trees are healthy and robust, but the sound travels down the overhead phone and electrical lines to the office buildings down the way, and back. It sounds like some super hip high-tech stringed instrument.

Here is a super short audio file of the results. It was hard to get a clean clip, I’m afraid. The wet road made the cars really loud.

But back to what’s really important – our solvency. See where we were a mere 1.5 years ago when the Kitchen Remodel Was Revealed!

The longer we live in this house, the less there is of the house we bought. I find this interesting. Here’s the list:

• New roof
• New windows
• Kitchen remodel
• 2 bathroom remodels
• One bathroom re-plumbed after idiot contractors Did Everything Wrong. Everything. It was amazing.
• Electric upgrade (from fuses to breakers – no more staggering around in the dark replacing fuses while cursing)
• New water heater, and washer/dryer
• New front step, storm door and assorted interior and exterior painting and wood repair
• Replaced garage door springs (no more being cut in half by the garage door while looking for fuses in the dark and cursing)

To celebrate this great day, we are making a vow for next time: Condo.

But, in the interest of sharing our good fortune, if anyone in the Mongtomery County area needs the Best Contractor Ever, I would be delighted to provide Saint Steven’s information. We also have a kickass plumber and electrician.

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