Oh...plum pudding! Let me explain. About three months ago our dishwasher stopped draining and became a "drying rack" instead of a dish-cleaner.
With just the two of us, we didn't really use it all that often anyway but just the fact that it was pooling water was a little annoying, especially since it's really not that old! So, we've just tried to push back doling out moolah for a new one and have been washing dishes the good old-fashioned way - with our own two hands.
So, to add to my plum puddin', yesterday I was making some chicken and rice with our stove, which is ancient and has probably been here since the house was built. So, she's about 25 years old which in appliance years is, ummm...maybe 100?
Well, the chicken is supposed to cook at 350 degrees for one hour and after the awful buzzer (which sounds like a dying bumblebee) went off, I noticed that the pre-heat light was still on. The oven was warm but not the sweltering 350 degrees it should've been. After my handy-dandy hubby looked at her and she still gave us problems, we knew she was in for.
The point of my story is that no longer can we pretend that an appliance (or two) works fine and "we don't really need it THAT bad...right"? I could learn to become a chef-extraordinaire using only a counter-top microwave but I have a feeling we'd either starve to death or we'd shell out cash eating out more than eating our "microwave specialties". On the bright side though (until we see numbers), we've decided we might as well splurge a little and replace all of our appliances since they're all pretty old. That's what savings accounts are for anyway, right? New appliances always snazzy up a kitchen too (I've got my eye on stainless-steel)! We can sell our refrigerator, microwave, and range hood for a few bucks to help out since they still work...as of today that is. Pray for us and our happy appliance hunting!
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