Did you think I had left for good? It has been a while since I have blogged and I don't really have an excuse as to why I have been so quiet but I am back now and ready to catch up! Here's what has been happening in my part of the world.
We have a kitchen appliance graveyard at our house right now. Our refrigerator has been on its last leg for the past few months and we finally got around to replacing it. We upgraded to a new stainless steel Kenmore Elite fridge and spent more money than I thought I would ever spend on a single kitchen appliance! Here is a pic:
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| Photo courtesy of Kenmore.com |
We are enjoying the new fridge now that the ice maker has been replaced! When we got it home and hooked it up the ice maker was making some terrible grinding sounds. Sears sent out a repairman who verified that the ice maker was not working correctly. A week later we received a new one and the Sears repairman came back and installed it for us. So we were off and running..........until........our microwave died.
Yep, less than a week after getting our fridge up and running our microwave kicked the bucket. So off to Lowe's I went. I picked out a microwave that was at least $100 more than I though I would pay and brought it home for Chris and me to install. Our microwave is mounted over our range and is surrounded on three sides by cabinets. To ensure the unit was mounted and aligned properly it was necessary to that we use complicated and difficult tools such as a tape measure, templates, power tools and MATH! *ugh* I HATE math ! Thank goodness I can just close my eyes and let my sweet, graduate-degree having hubby take care of it. When I opened my eyes all of that bad math stuff was done. Whew. But then we realized that the freaking microwave had loose parts moving around in an area we could not get to without taking the microwave apart. I went back to Lowe's to exchange the microwave for one that was assembled correctly. We installed the new one last night and so far we are running smoothly.
Now I am wondering how much longer our range will last and what kind of trouble we will have trying to replace it! Is it possible to purchase a kitchen appliance and have everything go smoothly? I don't know.
Other items of interest since I last posted:
- Superbowl ads were a really, really big let down this year. I guess my favorite was the ad with the cat-killing dog that bribed his owner with Doritos. I did NOT like the fact that almost all of the ads were released prior to airing on Superbowl Sunday. I had already seen most of the ads just by watching morning shows like Today.
- Today, Chris and I scanned through the episode of The Voice that aired after the Superbowl and I was blown away by Jesse Campbell. He sounded amazing! Here is a link if you missed his audition -
Jesse Campbell on The Voice
- I know it is wrong to judge others but I can't help but think that Josh Powell was a truly warped individual. He is the father who killed his two young sons and himself by blowing up their home while they were inside. He had been a suspect in the disappearance of his wife, Susan Powell, just a few years ago. In addition to that, Josh's own father seems like he is pretty screwed up as well. Some of the comments he made regarding Susan were just bizarre and sick. Throw in some inappropriate pictures and videos found in his home and it seems as if the nut didn't fall far from the tree. Now an entire family no longer exists. The wife is missing and presumed dead and the father killed himself and their children. God bless Susan's parents who still do not know what happened to their daughter and are now mourning the loss of two of their grandchildren. I just can't imagine how heavy their hearts must be.
