I have definitely morphed from an almost fully wild single creature to a tame and domisticated partner. This is evidenced most obviously by the sheer joy coursing through my veins right now due, soley, to the completion of our kitchen with the installation of our stone countertops. Make that – near completion. We still need a couple of finishing touches, like a cooktop hood, glass-tiled backsplash, pendant lights, and a cabinet finish or two, but you get the idea.

To aid you in your visual quest, I give you the before and after’s. The pic’s are presented from left to right; the one on the left, the before, and the one on the right, the after, from the same vantage points. Can you believe the difference? How SWEET is the after?

This post is getting awfully spiritual, what with the allelujah’s, possessed spirits, and the sweetness of the here-after. Plus, all the working to become complete, ever knowing that it will never be complete. Hmmmm. Maybe new kitchens are representative of Buddha. All the peace and serenity and calm and enlightenment and stuff…