{"id":248,"date":"2006-12-26T12:27:46","date_gmt":"2006-12-26T16:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=248"},"modified":"2006-12-26T12:30:33","modified_gmt":"2006-12-26T16:30:33","slug":"patience-patience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=248","title":{"rendered":"Patience, patience…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Waiting for Christmas delayed is a tough thing… even for adults.<\/p>\n

These days, the highlight of Christmas is seeing joy on the faces of others — especially the kids. I also got a kick out of helping my dad figure out his new digital camera (a gift from my youngest sister, who wasn’t there this year).<\/p>\n

My gift is one of necessity: days before the Oak Ridge Utility District<\/a>‘s grand opening of their new offices and showroom, my old stove — the last of the 33-year old avacado-green appliances in my house — began to die. Handyman Hubby’s quick inspection of a burned-out burner revealed that the wiring was decayed, meaning that the others are likely to go soon.<\/p>\n

Not to mention the whole thing being a fire hazard.<\/p>\n

\"newI’ve wanted a gas stove for 20 years, but as with the rest of the items i wanted to upgrade, I waited until they needed to be replaced anyway. So, a couple of weeks before Christmas, we ordered it — providing the perfect excuse to buy Hubby a Roto-Zip<\/a> (which he’s admired for a few years), so he could enlarge the inset in my ceramic-topped island to fit the new stove.<\/p>\n

I thought surely it would come in the week before Christmas, and be ready to install the week after. But, apparently there’s been a run on new gas appliances with the opening of ORUD’s new showroom, and it’s not in yet.<\/p>\n

So hard to be patient.<\/p>\n

My mother thinks I’m crazy; she grew up with a gas stove (the kind you had to light with a match), and thinks that having a solid-surface electric model is the ultimate in appearance and ease. But have you ever heard anyone say, “now we’re cooking with electricity<\/em>?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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