I’ll give you three guesses
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Guess Number One: You blamed Esther for the chaos at the office. No, Becky, but that is now going to become my go-to answer for everything.
Why did it take you two extra months to file the Girl Scout financial report?
Because Esther was dragging her feet.
Guess Number Two: You jumped off your roof to see if you could successfully use your quilt as a parachute. No, Tarheel Ramblings, I did not.
Guess Number Three: You spent a lot of time this morning at Tribal Blogs trying to implement some changes to improve your blog. And then you entered the Tribal Blogs forum and started asking questions.
This is technically correct but it’s not the answer I was looking for. Nice try though.
The answer I was looking for is this.
You threw a frozen pizza in your oven for dinner last night. That is correct, sir and/or madame!
The oven that was jacked up due to Mother Nature is back in working order. Praise be and hallelujah! And as an added surprise twist the repair man was actually a repair woman!
Sweep the Leg, gingah. Sisters are infiltrating the Sears Repair Center.
So she pulled it out, performed her magic and then asked me if I wanted to sweep up six years worth of shit that had accumulated under the oven.
(Mouth hangs open in embarrassment.)
Um, yes. Now that you ask, Ms. Repair Woman, I would like to quickly sweep and dispose of that stuff; thank you very much.
Before she left she also told me that the oven slides out very easily on my kitchen floor without marking it up, so I could pull it out regularly to MOP. UNDERNEATH. THE. OVEN.
Oh. Okay.
So we had pizza last night. That’s what.
Tags: Things on which I have an opinion, Things that actually make me happy
Yay! That exciting that the oven is fixed. My OH keeps whinging how much take out me and my housemate eat but now we’ve started trying to cook more at home each week he whinges that theres no food in the house or that there are no clean plates – boys are just smelly and they whine lol.
Han–My uncle is British and he uses that term “whinging”. I love it!
@Han Men are never satisfied. Children are never satisfied either, come to think of it.
@Michelle Hey does he pronounce that winj-ing or wine-ing? Every time I see whinging (yeah, I hang with some Brits here on the ‘net) I read it as winj-ing.
It is winj-ing!
That sounds so wrong. But at least I will now be able to pronounce it correctly.
hahaha. that’s too funny. i recently saw what was under my fridge and you can best believe i got on that immediately. actually the whole place is a dump right now and i’m about to crawl out of my skin like a snake and die. friday night, it’s on. again. i just cleaned up the place.
i love pizza. any toppings? i’m a pepperoni woman myself.
Me too! That storm made us pull out the fridge too and it was a nightmare until I finished cleaning it. That job gave me a huge amount of satisfaction once it was done.
Man it looks awesome back there now.
It was a DiGiorno Supreme frozen pizza and it really was delish. I’m not picky about frozen pizza vs. delivery pizza. I prefer delivery but I like frozen just fine.
That is the big difference between repair men and women– A man would have put the oven back without even considering you would want to clean underneath it!
Also? I had no idea crap falls under there. I dont even want to think about what is under my oven!
So how about if you out a weight loss ticker for me on your blog? I am not on mine enough!
The first repair man was a man and believe it or not it was even more disgusting along the side of the stove. That side that’s right next to the counter where everything slowly drops into the crevice and collects.
I actually told him I was embarrassed by that and he said, “Eh, no problem. I’ve seen worse.”
Yay-yeah! Let me know what the goal is — how many lbs you’re going for — and I’ll slap it up there.
YAYAYAYAYAY! I can feel your relief from here about your oven. We too had frozen pizza for dinner. And it was delicious.
I was shocked when the movers came and got the washer and dryer out. Dear God at the gummy, dusty, blue tinged mess. It was gross. The Russian mover in broken English reminded me not to use water “til almost clean.” I sincerely appreciated the suggestion.
I can’t imagine how grody it is, but I do not clean the top of the fridge and especially not under it. I can’t see it. It’s not there.
Oh boy. I hadn’t even considered what’s under the washer and dryer. Love that the guy told you not to use it “til almost clean.” He gave you a little slack, though. It doesn’t have to be sparkling clean just “almost” clean.
We used to have to clean under our oven all the time growing up, because we had cats who would get toys stuck under it and then lie on the floor with their paws under the oven, swiping around and trying to find the lost balls or whatever. So we had to clean (or, well, not really clean, just kind of wave a stick under it and scoop out any toys we could find) pretty often or we’d step on the cats when we tried to cook.
No way! We used to have two cats that did that, too! I just bought more cat toys.
You’re supposed to clean under appliances??? Who knew…I’m lucky if I actually clean the appliance itself. :)
but you do, please tell me you do, wipe out the microwave.
@Buf Yeah. That’s how I do it, too. Unless there’s an act of God forcing me to clean it, it ain’t happenin’.
@V Um are we talking about frequency or just that fact that it happens. Occasionally. I’m in the latter camp (cringes.)
a few times a month. i don’t clean mine daily or even weekly. mostly because we use a cover when heating up food. i have seen some nasty arse microwaves and i’m like WTF, clean that!
It is assaulting to the eyes when you open it (especially when the rest of the kitchen is clean) and are greeting with mayhem.
I don’t cover food like I should. But I do wipe it down every other week or so. Gotta do more of that.
I have a gas stove/oven. What with the hookup to highly flammable gases, I can’t just pull it away from the wall for regular cleanings. Right?
Right.
Okay then, good to know.
Yeah. Yeah! That’s right, Courtney! That thing IS highly flammable and that is why I have never pulled it out.
I am not risking life and limb just to mop up some disgusting brown liquid that has calcified and now has some fossils in it.
And that’s why I love my BUILT-IN oven!! Sigh. It’s about the only thing I don’t have to clean under!
Wow, there are such things as built-in ovens? I’ve never heard of such an animal. Does it have parts that can be accessed from the front if it breaks?
We had those. We had two actually. Smaller than normal ovens stacked on top of each other in the wall. I know the front panels pulled off. Glorious for Thanksgiving.
Wow, that’s cool. I know I would never use two ovens though.
Hola CG,
I’m happy to hear your oven is working! And way to go for the repair woman coming in and doing the job. I like to see traditional role reversal jobs like men as nurses and women as mechanics! This in no way means I like to lift heavy objects or fix flat tires…that is what men are for LOL!
Side note, was she snarky when she asked if you wanted to clean behind your stove? I;m just wondering because I could see me getting slightly embarrassed and defensive when this happened. That is just me I am a special case.
I did admire her, I gotta say. No, she actually was matter-of-fact about it. I didn’t feel like she was judging, just that she knew it might be a chance to quickly clear out the crazy stuff.
I was embarrassed, though.
I’m so glad it’s fixed but even more impressed that you swept and mopped (did you mop? You must have given the opportunity, right?). I’m afraid to do that with my refrigerator because I know there is something growing behind it.
Um, no. I did not mop. And I have not pulled it out from the wall again. I’ve been meaning to (wink, wink) I really have. I’m sure I’ll get to that mopping sooner or later.
Funny how you never think about what accumulates under the stove or refrigerator until it gets moved with strangers in the house. But at least you got pizza for a reward. (And thanks for the shout-out!)
Oh, and “Vampires are so 2006. Werewolves are the new vampires.”
Amen, brutha. That thought truly is not on the radar for me. Ever. I am positive I have lived in, and moved out of, so many places that had Sasquatch living under the fridge and stove.
Yay-YEAH! I’m so glad you found the surprise nugget!
Now you have to tell me how you did that. I’m not above stealing good ideas from smart/creative people! :0)
Done! Check thy email.
The oven will really slide out without messing up the floor? There goes my excuse for not cleaning behind it! Shhhhhhhhh….don’t tell the Frugal Hubby!
I know! I’m still skeptical about that because the floor is linoleum with a slightly raised texture in the design so I feel like regularly pulling it out will jack it up.
And just to clarify, by regularly pulling it out I mean moving it maybe once a year.
Dang! I wonder if Sears Appliance Repair has female techs where I live?
And no…I won’t be purposely breaking any appliance to find out.
…although…the top rack of my dishwasher IS all jacked up…
Nah…that would cost money.
Right on the the money. I don’t even want to think about the money spent, but it is SO REFRESHING to have the oven back in working order. Just made a sub using the broiler yesterday.
Oh shiz-nit! I’d have moved. If anyone ever pulls my stove or fridge from their cemented spots I am just gonna move without a forwarding address.
Side note – I KNOW there’s a wooden spoon behind my fridge because I remember screaming obscenities when it fell. I can’t see it, but I know it’s there. I just chalked it up to the lost column.
That’s an awesome saying, SM — Oh shiz-nit! I shall use that henceforth, thank ye kindly.
I actually found a pair of long-lost scissors under the fridge when we had to clean because of the storm. That was crazy.
This post was hilarious! thankfully, I don’t have to worry about cleaning behind the oven. We have a double oven that is built in next to our fridge, with a drawer below it. Although, now that I think of it, perhaps I’m supposed to take the drawer out and check the floor under THAT! We’ll just forget that I read this about cleaning beneath ovens.
Oooh, the hidden drawer! Now I just want you to take it out so you can see if anything is under it. No need to clean it, just go on an exploratory mission.