Our Microwave is Dead

Bethany — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:29:35 +0000

I think our microwave is dead. That song from Oklahoma, “Poor Jud is Dead,” keeps playing in my head, which may or may not be an indicator of deadness. The occasional arc has bothered us on and off for about a year now, but this week it decided not to work for more than a second or two without a scary electrical sound and visual fireworks, and I think it’s simply unsafe to use any more. It was a wedding present and has served our growing family for nearly six years. I don’t know how long microwaves are supposed to last, but I feel nothing but gratitude that it has lasted this long and fed us so well.

I’m cooking sans microwave for now, obviously. I don’t know about you, but we use our microwave quite often. I suppose I could go find the box in our storage room that holds our toaster oven and use that to decrease the awkwardness of heating up the entire oven for every little reheating activity. It’s a convection oven, too, so it would make things heat up faster than our big oven. Hmmm…I hadn’t thought of that until just now.

We’d never purchased nor priced a microwave before since we’d gotten one for our wedding, so the other night when we decided our microwave was unusable Colin and I were relieved to find out that there are many acceptable models under $100. After reading through reviews and “most popular” lists on Amazon and Walmart and Sears and Target and Sam’s Club sites, Colin determined that if and when we buy another microwave, we should probably go for either a Sharp or a Panasonic 1100W 1 cubic footer. So, when we get our tax return back (maybe this weekend!) we may take a little chunk of it and get a microwave. Then again, I may see how we do with just the toaster oven and watch yard sales for a good microwave…

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Our Microwave is Dead