A Big Splinter I Can't Remove!

 I have a new computer! Bigger monitor and letters on the keyboard and this one is not falling apart. Lighter weight, too. It has taken me a week to jump through a bunch of hoops to get back on Blogger. I will honestly say that I am not really sure how I finally got here. Lots of codes to get in and then it would ask for a password and would not accept it. I changed it four times, then it did not recognize my email address. Instructions were to "click on forgot email". But those words did not appear anywhere.

This is not the most frustrating event of the day. I am still without a fully functioning stove. No, I am kidding. Last Tuesday was supposed to be the day that the second repairman would come and remedy the situation. That did not happen. Supposed to have been a flat tire that prevented the visit and was rescheduled to today.

I was up with the rising sun, awaiting the highly anticipated appointment that was scheduled between 8am and 5pm. As per usual when a stranger enters our humble abode, the canines and I retreated to the bedroom. I was half listening while I tried to convince Mr. BoJangles that he need not attack the man in the other room. He did try to maneuver the pocket door without success and finally retired to the bed to start a fight with Toni Louise. All she did was bark at him, so he tried Eddie. Eddie refused to participate or react in any way. He decided to do what he always does when faced with stress. He crawled next to Eddie and grabbed a hunk of Eddie's and sucked on it. I was hoping he would outgrow this habit.

I heard bits and pieces that did not sound promising. He replaced the igniter and the pressure regulator. Then said we would need to call the gas company again to check the pressure. By the way the last visit cost us $400 for the service call. The repair man did call GE and they said we needed to call the gas company before they would do anything else. So, we will be out almost $1000 to remedy a stove that is under warranty.

I am so done with all this crap. We still have the old stove in storage. I say we tell GE to come get this stove and give us a full refund and put the old stove back in service. We can get a new thermometer to regulate the heat in the oven or I can regulate it with the thermometer I hung on the oven rack. Inconvenient? Yes, but better that having no oven at all.

I don't understand why it worked initially and now doesn't. The pressure was checked by the gas company and found to be sufficient. The burners work fine. I am loathe to pay another service fee to the gas company and feel like GE should pay that first fee. Never have I ever wanted a working oven as much as I do right now! My family will be expecting Christmas cookies! I used the slow cooker to make sweet potatoes today. It was not the same and I doubt I can make a dozen batches of cookies without an oven.

Life goes on, I suppose it is not the end of the world. More like splinter I can't remove.