Exhibit O: Our Kitchen Appliances

                If you walked into the kitchen at our home, you would be astonished, yes astonished, at the assortment of kitchen appliances that adorn the counters.  They take up almost all the usable space.  Rendering the table the prep and serving area out of necessity.  What kind of appliances, you ask, considering yourself fairly well versed in kitchen paraphernalia.  Well, there is the normal stuff.  There is a stand mixer to the left of the sink, ancient and well used.  On the opposite side sits the blender, cozied up to the drying rack for dishes.  By the blender is a toaster and between the two is nestled a handheld blender.  But once you pass the toaster, you’ve hit the point of no return.  A two square foot space of counter is dedicated to the meat slicer.  For all those turkey breasts you’ve recently cured.  Next to the meat slicer is a deep fryer so old it has a fabric wrapped cord and unless it is properly coddled it will ignite your kitchen in an oil-fueled fireball.  By the fryer is a bagel slicer and last in the row comes a toaster oven, for when your regular oven or toaster simply will not suffice. 

                Way back around by the stand mixer is a wheat grinder.  And sitting alone, next to the fridge that I melted trying to make popcorn, is a yogurt maker.  It would honestly remind you of a prep kitchen for a small cafeteria.  If it weren’t for the enormous toolbox and the disassembled 1990’s computer behind the table that sometimes get used for a chair.