I like my new microwave. It’s shiny and clean and pretty and not on fire.
Yes, I said “not on fire.” Because my last microwave? Died rather spectacularly yesterday, with flames and everything.
I’d noticed a few months ago that our microwave sometimes added time to whatever we’d set. Annoying, for sure, but nothing untoward happened and it stopped almost as soon as it had started, so we figured it was just an aberration. Or maybe my imagination, suggested my husband. Yeah, right.
Yesterday morning, Honey put his breakfast sandwich in the microwave as usual. And, as usual, he walked off to do something else while it cooked; in this case, he went to our bedroom at the back of the house to do some work on the computer. I was in the living room, trying to catch up on email before Miss L and I took off for the gym.
About the time I smelled something, I realized that I’d never heard the microwave stop running. “Hey, Honey! What are you cooking out here? The microwave hasn’t shut off yet.”
I should probably point out that I was on the other side of the wall from the kitchen yet did not pry my expansive behind off the couch to check myself. Instead, I waited for my husband to check on it, which involved a somewhat slow mosey from the bedroom to the kitchen where he found his breakfast in FLAMES. Real, honest-to-goodness flames. And smoke. Lots and lots of smoke. I could hear all this huffing and blowing and coughing on the other side of the wall, not that I interrupted my precious Internet time to go and see what was actually going on. Instead, I started quizzing my husband, asking for a play by play while he could barely catch his breath from all the smoke. Oh, and he was trying to put out a fire with his own breath because we don’t own a fire extinguisher.*
We are incredibly lucky because the extent of the damage was one microwave (a hand-me-down from my parents) and a Jimmy Dean breakfast sandwich. Poor Honey has endured lots of jokes at his expense, even though it really wasn’t his fault. As for me, I lucked out and found a bigger, fancier microwave on clearance (50 percent off!) at Target.
If only the burnt microwave smell would go away …
*Yes, I’m rectifying that.
13 January, 9:15 am
Eek! Glad everything is okay, and that you got your new microwave.
And yeah, that smell is horrible to get rid of..
13 January, 11:45 am
Oh, I’m sorry, but that made me giggle…which I really needed because I woke up quite grumpy this morning.
Isn’t it funny what messes microwaves up in the long run? We once had one spark and have a small fire over POPCORN. Whaaaatever.
Glad you found a new one so quickly. And at 50% off? That’s awesome! Wanna come washer/dryer shopping with me? Apparently you’re a lucky charm!
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13 January, 12:16 pm
Has the smell gone away yet? At least you are in a place that maybe you might get a chance to air out the house a little-I would have to wait for April to do that here!
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13 January, 12:43 pm
Try a shallow bowl of baking soda on the counter to absorb the smells. Change it every other day. It should help!
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13 January, 1:00 pm
Wow! I’m glad the only thing you lost was a microwave that had better days. Congrats on your new microwave!
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13 January, 1:01 pm
I loved your humorous bent on this story! I would have been sitting on the couch beside you waiting for your Honey to check things out!
Lorrie
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13 January, 7:39 pm
You are hilarious! I was laughing SO hard reading this.. I could so picture doing the exact same thing.
14 January, 12:30 am
Oh dear!! At least you got a nice new one out of it – and no one was hurt.
This also happened to us, though not quite so dramatically. Did you know that chocolate muffins can catch fire after only 30 seconds? Neither did I!
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14 January, 2:47 am
Wow, I am so glad no major damage or injury occurred! At least the hubby now knows it wasn’t your imagination!
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14 January, 4:13 am
Wow how scary. Yes everyone should have fire extinguishers. My mother in law needed to have her stove replaced when there was a fire. But she did get a new stove out of it.
14 January, 5:25 pm
So funny… Because ours started shooting sparks at everything over Christmas too. Yay for new microwaves! Hope school starting goes okay for everyone in your house!
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14 January, 9:51 pm
Oh lordie…this is EXACTLY why I don’t have a microwave!
well…that and my kitchen is so small, unless I suspend it from the ceiling…there would be no place to put it!
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15 January, 9:55 pm
Oh my goodness! I’m glad your kitchen survived the inferno! Thanks for the funny story.
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21 January, 5:30 pm
Glad it was just your husband’s breakfast that was burned and not your house! I loved the way you told that story. THanks for the laugh!
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21 January, 5:30 pm
Glad it was just your husband’s breakfast that was burned and not your house! I loved the way you told that story. THanks for the laugh!