Alternative Ovens Light the Night

My oven is still broke but I did get a toaster oven for $20 thanks to my sis-in-law's suggestion (why didn't I think of that???). I've never paid any attention to the selection of toaster ovens before. There was one big enough to roast a chicken! Why do we even bother spending hundreds of dollars on a stove when Walmart has toaster ovens and hot plates? All I need is a set of toaster oven sized bakeware and I can bake anything I want! Too bad we don't have my daughter's old Easy Bake oven. Those little pans would be just about the right size!!!

I just at my first non-toast item fixed in my toaster oven. A little pizza that I normally would have nuked. I have to admit...convection baking makes a cruncier crust.

A friend gave me the name & number of someone who does appliance repairs. I figure I'll just wait for another appliance to break down and then ask if he gives a discount for coming out to fix 2 appliances in one trip.

What appliances can I live without? I could live without a dishwasher. I already live w/o a garbage disposal and trash compactor. Oven....check. Stove top....yeah, I can get a hot plate a Wally World. Looks like the essential appliances are the fridge, washer and dryer. The laundromat is too expensive to justify not getting the washer or dryer fixed if they break otherwise I'd say I could live w/o those. So the fridge wins as the #1 essential kitchen appliance. Oh, and the microwave. Although if the oven wasn't broke I could live w/o the microwave...so that's one or the other that's essential, but not both. How stupid is this subject? On to something else...

Last night I participated in the Light the Night walk for lymphoma, luekemia and other blood related cancers. Went with my friend SP and some of her family and friends were there. We had a fun time and it was a perfect evening for walking.

Tomorrow I have a second interview for the ISDH job. Wish me luck or something...

I got the Sims 2! It's FREAKY!!!! The Sims are so lifelike in this game that it's almost creepy, especially when they seem to peer out of the computer screen at me! Unfortunately the game won't run on E's computer. I don't know why. It should work on it but the graphics controller crashes when the game is loading. I've tried everything I know of to get it working. My next step is to take it to a Toshiba warranty service center and see if I can get it fixed under the warranty. There's a place in Indy, which isn't too terribly far away. It beats having to ship the computer to Toshiba at least! So, tomorrow morning I may make a trip to Indy with her computer.

TTFN