We've been keeping busy over the past week, ever since our new countertops were installed.
It's still a pleasant to shock to walk into the kitchen. Yes, we like them. We also like the sink and faucet we installed ourselves, the induction cooktop, and the gas cooktop that a specialist hooked up for us yesterday.
Now we're cooking with gas.*
* Now you're cooking with gas was an early 1900s gas company
advertising slogan used as part of a campaign to persuade people to switch from wood and coal stoves to the dangerous new technology.
Kathy and Brian
Two retired educators alternating joyfully between seeing the world and enjoying our eight grandchildren (in order of birth), Jake, Avery, Taegan, Lily, Peyton, Riley, Blane, and Jace.
Kathy and Brian met in the clarinet section of the University of California (Santa Barbara) Symphony Orchestra several decades ago.
Brian's Western Canadian roots and Kathy's Colorado ties resulted in their making beautiful music together along with producing a cross-border crop of descendants.
Kathy spent a year studying in Vienna at the Institute for European Studies and the University of Vienna.
Brian started the school band program in Hope, British Columbia, and later became the high school's vice-principal for 6 years and subsequently principal for 15 years before retiring in 2001.
Kathy, in between raising our three children, taught kindergarten and first grade, middle school, and high school - mathematics, computer studies, ESL, and her first love, band, before retiring in 2001.
We enjoy sharing our travel experiences and providing the odd travel tip to friends, relatives, and visitors.