cook top update

Remember my Jenn Air electric cook top that flamed out on me 2.5 weeks ago? Today I got a phone call from Sears. They're going to give me store credit towards the cooktop of my choice for the full amount that I paid for it almost 2 years ago. $649.99. Charlie wants to upgrade anyway & has offered to pay the difference. Sears says that that model was discontinued. (I wonder if it was due to flammability? Yes, I do believe that I'll shop at Sears again.

3 cat night

I was feeling nauseated last night. It didn't help, but I had 3 nurses. They even followed me into the bathroom & Al & Jesus watched while I groaned & Petey rubbed against my legs. Charlie snuck in this morning & took a picture. Clockwise from under my arm-Petey, Jesus & Al.

I want to grow up & be a newspaper photographer like my cousin, Ginger

Only, I'm already grown up & I could never be that good, but I did get a photo in the local newspaper. It's just a small town weekly & I didn't get paid, but I'm still proud of it. I took the picture on Monday.
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Near Disaster




















Farwell-It appears as though there was a terrible collision. Becky Wall & Charlie Andrews had a mishap when their first load of pumpkins hit a deer. Actually it is an archery target. The wagon spilled it's contents over the yard. Please drive carefully this season. Photo by Becky Wall


This is what it looked like on Tuesday afternoon after we got about an inch of very wet snow. The snow has melted already:

quilts in progress

I'm almost finished my fall challenge quilt for the quilt guild & I'm about 1/2 way through my purple challenge for the fiber pirates, but today, Charlie requested a spider in a web. I don't usually do Halloween decorations, but I thought that a cobweb would be fun & we both needed something to cheer us up after learning that a good friend was killed in an automobile accident over the weekend, so...












Those white things hanging out of his mouth that look like 2 ciggarettes were supposed to be fangs.

A scare in the kitchen

My less than 2 year old Jenn Air electric cooktop blew up tonight. A couple of days ago, I noticed that the light that tells you that a burner is on was lit with both burners & the grill off. I didn't think too much about it. Tonight, the back burner wouldn't get hot, so I turned it off, pulled the burner & plugged it back in. I tried to turn it on again & KERPOW- loud bang & green flames came out around the control knobs!!! Not remembering what to do for an electrical fire (except not water), I blew them out. It was probably just insulation burning. Stinks!!! Of course Charlie accused me of spraying cleaner in the works when I removed the knobs for cleaning. I know better than that! I spray the sponge & squeeze it almost dry. I called Sears. The parts are still under warrantee, but not labor. The first date that I could get for the guy to come out & look at it is 10-21. Tonight we ate oven fried chicken & nuked veggies. Tomorrow, I'll get out the old electric wok, crock pot & electric frying pan...Or maybe we'll just eat subs for a week.