So our oven caught on fire last night (in case you missed it on facebook or the message board). I was attempting to bake some chocolate muffins, and as the oven was preheating, I wandered past and noticed a glow coming from the oven. Did I bump the oven light by mistake? As I flicked the light switch on and off, lo and behold, the glow was still seeping out. I opened the door, and there was a very bright glow, sparks, and a small flame coming off of the bottom heating element. Eeek! I turned off the oven and called for Matt, trying to keep my voice calm so as to not alarm CJ, who happens to be terrified of fire. We tried the fire extinguisher to no avail. We tried baking powder with no luck. Finally Matt turned on the overhead fan and it went out on its own, but not before melting the heating element into two pieces. So now we're on the search for a new range. UGH! There are much more fun things that I can think of to spend $500 on!
We went today to get our income taxes done. Maya girl was a typical toddler the whole time. Who can blame her? Hell, I wanted to start throwing a tantrum, it was taking so long! Good news? We're getting back twice what we expected! We are totally stoked. Unfortunately the money's already been "spent." We'll lock our house taxes for next year away in a savings account (damn it, why didn't we escrow?), buy our new range, and fix the leak in our roof. None of that is very fun! Oh, well, I guess we have to pretend to be responsible adults. :-(
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I know how you feel! When Layla was born we got Life Insurance, I can think of a more fun way to spend that money each month, but I know we need it, sigh...
ReplyDeleteFunny, the same thing always seems to happen to my sister around income tax time--either an appliance dies or the car does. Good thing you're getting back more than expected though!
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