An update on our latest appliance saga…

The repairman came bright and early yesterday morning and fixed our oven. As I suspected, the igniter had burned out and needed to be replaced. I think it took me longer to write out the check than it did for him to make the repair!

I almost needed to say, “Hey Buddy, slow down a little, I can’t write that fast!”

Judging from the amount of the check and the time it took to make the necessary repair, I think I should have gone to “appliance repair college”!

My wife and I debated just replacing our aging stove, but we are “planning” on a kitchen remodel in the near future and didn’t want to rush into a oven purchase before we meet with a designer.

We are planning on attending the Midwest Home Show this weekend at the Minneapolis Convention Center to gather some info on kitchen remodeling.

So now that our oven is fully operational again, I’m sure my wife and kids will be looking forward to getting back to some of my fabulous cooked meals.

In today’s strip, I think Max was hoping the oven would stop working before dinner time!

If our oven had been out of service longer I think we would have eaten out more.

I recently received some information about a pretty cool website if you have a family and are looking to save some money (aren’t we all) when dinning out. The site is called, Kids Eat For and on it you can find restaurants all over the country that offer deals where kids eat for free. You can click on the city near you to find the deals or they can find one for you.

The site was started by a “stay-at-home” mom in the Phoenix area and it looks like a great resource for families to use in these tough economic times. The web address is www.kidseatfor.com check it out!