Not to be outdone by Conan and Melissa's kids, we needed a fire of our own to feel successful this year. I mean the tree fall and break of the ornaments (still painful, but I am working to get over it) just wasn't enough. We weren't sure when we were going to do it, but Friday seemed like a good time . . .
Last Friday (pizza night at the MS Heiselt home) Eric had made pizza and we were waiting to put it in the oven. The kids were sweetly playing in their rooms (really!) and Eric and I were enjoying having a conversation without interuption (it really happened!). I looked over and saw what I thought was an electric light show in our oven. It was flashing and going crazy. I mentioned it to Eric and that's when we saw the sparks.
Eric, being the boy at heart that he is, wanted to open the oven. Not wanting to catch our entire kitchen on fire, I opted for the turn off the oven and let's wait idea.
We discovered that our oven filament burned out and so we are currently living without the use of an oven. On the positive side, our stove is separate, so we still have that. As we are considering what to do in the meantime, we have learned the following.
1. They do not make filaments for our brand of oven.
2. Our oven is old and they no longer make that size of oven anymore.
3. A new oven will not fit in our cabinets so we will have to have them re-done.
4. The three cabinet makers in our town (did I mention it was a small town?) are booked until March. But, they assured me that in March, I would be first on their list!
5. I use my oven more than I thought I did. One of those "you don't know what you have until you don't have it anymore" things!
6. Eric's birthday is on Monday. I may have to buy him a cake.
I would appreciate any advice on oven shopping, cabinet making, or anything else you'd like to share. The plan is to hit Lowe's and Sears again this weekend to see what we can do.
I love Heavenly Father, he keeps life fun!
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Oh. My. Gosh. I hate that story!! Maybe you should ask some advice from Micah and Lizzie--didn't they cook a cake in their rice cooker?? :) Oooh, I also saw on a RAchael Ray show that you can "bake" a cake in a ziplock baggie submerged in boiling water (the idea was created by a girl scout instructor or something. :) )
GOOD LUCK!!!
I'm sooo sorry. Home ownership does have it's downside, doesn't it? I hope everything turns out. You just gotta love Lowe's!
I know Missy has great things to say about toaster ovens, and they aren't so expensive. But there is also the option of using the rice cooker, which we did for a month and which worked wonderfully. If you have a rice cooker, I could send you some recipes. :) The lemon cake is delicious!
Sheesh. I just wrote a nice long comment about how sad I am for your loss, and how much I love our toaster oven; and the internet ate it. SO, call me if you want details, but our toaster oven is going on a year of being our only and full-service oven. You can bake pretty much anything with some modifications, and they run about $50 for the kind that can bake a frozen pizza (a must at our house!) Even a double layer birthday cake!
OH! AND... if you have a Best Buy in the area, they can be awesome. We've been really lucky with their closeout and scratch and dent items... $500 for a 35" fridge with ice maker, etc... Good stuff.
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