Greatest Modern Convenience....Simple Gratitude #3

These 'gratitudes' are in no special order by the way...

I am NOT lame...read on! It really is a simple thing...I'm thankful for my microwave! I just don't know how anyone ever lived without this modern convenience...especially when your husband blows it up the night before Christmas Eve dinner!

Curt needed a timer...easy enough, right? Every microwave has a timer. So after 30, YES 30 minutes of cooking nothing but the glass turntable (apparently he didn't see the button that said 'timer') with some smoke & some sparks the darn thing blew! The cupboards that are housed above and below it were piping HOT for DAYS after this little mishap. It sounds more dynamic than it really was--what was dynamic is how TICKED I was at him for doing what I thought was such a mindless thing! I will not repeat the things that I said. I will NOT repeat the things that I said. That's when ugly mommie/wife really came out! One would think after someone smelled the burning we would have figured it out. Needless to say Curt did the best he could to replace the microwave at 8:00 that night, the night before Christmas Eve '06. I think he really just wanted to get out of the house, but he undid the booboo; Thats all that mattered! Thank heavens for scented candles-stale burn just didn't float my boat.

The reason I thought of this is because much of my food right now consists of the frozen diet variety (I know, you're thinking YUM!) and the microwave is acting up. I've had to use the neighbor's a few times this week and I'm just waiting for this one to blow...during the holiday season. I really should just save the drama and get it fixed before it blows when I really need it. Why was I so quick to loose my cool?!! I really need to work on that. Hey, I was pregnant then, that's it...never again...and this time I REALLY mean it!

P.S. ugly mommie doesn't rear her head very often, that's why it's such a big deal when it happens! I'm really not a monster....promise.