Merry Christmas and Happy New year everyone! DH and I are finally emerging from the joy that was Flu "A". I had "something" during the course of caring for DH, but I've been told it probably wasn't the flu. More than likely what I had was an immune response to the flu being around me at the level it was. When DH had been sick about 5 days, I began to have a cough. It wasn't too bad until a week after his onset of symptoms. Mostly I've dealt with the cough, some sneezing, and a very low fever for one day. Now he and I both are dealing with the cough, but other than that; are on the mend. Our Christmas was a small affair. DH was sick on his birthday, but doing some better by Christmas. Illness kept us from being able to visit my mom for Christmas as well as being able to see our daughter and her family over the holidays. We've rescheduled both. Just as the Grinch learned; Christmas still came. Jesus was still born in a stable! Doesn't matter if we celebrate on the 25th or in January. It's something we celebrate 365 days a year!
So as we we're starting to emerge from the flu fun; we anticipated a gift we bought ourselves: a new over the range microwave. We purchased it about 3 weeks ago. It was supposed to be installed yesterday. We opted to pay to have it installed because I couldn't find a way to remove the old one. In case you're wondering if we needed a new microwave, well....
So...yeah. What you can't see it the door is also cracked completely in two places. The inner working still worked, but I felt like I was getting brain cancer every time I used it. We had this on our list, but since we cash flow everything, it wasn't a priority, until it became one by getting this bad. Anyway, there's a reason I couldn't figure out how to remove the old one. When the man came to install the microwave yesterday; he discovered the person that installed the microwave initially had indeed sealed this thing in. He could find no access point to remove the microwave. He left the microwave with us. We were given a refund on the installation, and called our awesome, fabulous, wonderful handyman, Jerry to see if he could help. Well we texted him. As I was waiting for his response, he showed up in our driveway! He came in to look at the problem to see if he could figure it out. He did, and was able to remove the old microwave. Once removed, he didn't have time to put in the new one. It would have to be added to his schedule. This guy is so incredibly busy and it's all from word of mouth. His customers are the ones who have advertised for him. So I'm willing to wait. While we wait, we began looking at options other than an over the range microwave. We began to think it might be better to not have to deal with this in another few years when a new one dies. Instead we're looking at replacing the microwave with cabinets and a range hood. Then we would get just a small countertop microwave. Or would we?
Wow this has been a long post! Thanks for hanging in if you did!
So to the crux of my story. I've gone 20 hours so far without a microwave. It's been an eye opener! I use it to tell time, defrost something quick, heat my coffee, heat up leftovers, timer for baking, and even warm milk for the kitten. I'm having to reprogram myself to function without it, and it's like trying to function with one hand tied behind my back. There's a part of me that says I can relearn the skills that would enable me to function without a microwave. There's another part of me that says "forget that! get a new one!". Getting a counter top microwave will take up precious space on my already limited counter space counter. With a clock, timer, and coffee warmer ( I wanted one anyway): I feel I could function without a microwave. I would have to change some cooking routines, but I do like the idea of fewer appliances.
So what do you think? Should I try to live without it? Am I nuts? Wait don't answer that one! 😁
Let me know what you think!
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