What Was I Thinking? (Part 1A)

I thought I should complete the list of things in our home that required improvement. Several drawers in the kitchen were off the rails and could hardly open or close. The walls in the room behind the kitchen are covered in hideous white-painted wood paneling straight out of the 1970's. The wet bar is made from the same crappy materials as the kitchen cabinets. The ceilings are covered with the acoustic cottage cheese, with a big wide ugly swath missing from where we had copper piping installed. The kitchen lighting is insufficient. The fact that the location of our kitchen guarantees it gets little natural light doesn't help.

Need I point out again that practically all of these items have been in exactly the same condition since we moved in, over eight and a half years ago?