I know we had planned to renovate the kitchen, but burning down the house was a bit excessive even though it is getting me a new house in time or our 25th anniversary this coming Feb 14th ...

And yes I know, Valentine's Day as a wedding anniversary, how trite. Rob claims it was because all he needs to do is get me something for every holiday and he is covered....*snicker*

The first picture is Rob starting to dig in. There used to be a double window where the gaping hole in te front wall now is. The fire departments essentially chainsaw holes in the building, usually taking out windows so they can both feed hoses in, and toss stuff out. The section of fibreglass batting fell out of the ceiling when they chainsawed a hole in that. The second picture is pretty much all that is left of a zoroshii rice cooker and the bottom is boot camp issue boot - from 33 years ago. Survived 20 years of career and 13 years of use around the farm to die in a night.