The kitchen is finished! I repeat, The kitchen is finished! And it only took us 6 months.

We finally decided on a floor, and the flooring people finished installing it yesterday. Hooray!

I keep a list of all the improvements we've made to the house, and as I was looking it over yesterday I realized that we've made some sort of improvement almost every month of this year - major appliances, replacement windows, heat pump, the kitchen. As y'all know, it takes a lot of time to arrange for the details of this sort of thing - researching options, interviewing contractors, making decisions, and, in some cases, doing the actual work.

So many times this year I've told Rob that we need staff - or at least one person to take care of this shit so we don't have to. A household organizer, if you will. And in addition to handling all the home improvements, she can pay the bills and plan meals and run errands and book our travel plans. I would totally pay someone to do that.

The idea of hiring this position took root in our minds, and now we have a Household Organizer named Verity. Who is imaginary. Whenever there is a task to be done that we don't want to do, we assign it to Verity. Which, let's be honest, basically means that I do it.

In looking over this list of stuff we've done to the house, I'm thinking Verity totally needs a raise. And by raise I mean Target shopping spree. And perhaps a pedicure. I think she deserves it.