My mother-in-law said the microwave made a loud popping sound and then died.
No smoke, no more digital display and no more zapping food.
I got home from work and stared at it. What would I do? My 2-yr old wanted a hot dog. How would I satisfy him?
I was a pretty good cook in my bachelor days. Now, my mastery is reserved for the BBQ. But I can still boil water and drop in a couple Oscar Meyer's.
After several moments of indecision, I served up the steamin' weenies to my son and began to realize how often that we ate out. I'm not talking about a nice sit down, restaurant style meal, but just something on the fly to get us to the next meal.
Have we become so busy as a society, that home cooked meals are something I tell stories about like some bit of nostalgia.
It made me think of my days detailing cars at Earnhardt Ford in Tempe, Arizona. Cleaning out the inside of a trade-in that was sitting on an Arizona parking lot all day. Nothing like climbing inside an oven to scrape out the garbage left by someone trading up.
I use to run the wheel(buffing wax), paint engines and give some old jalopy new life. Or at least add another $2,500 dollars to the price.
From mowing lawns to washing dishes at a Senior Citizen's home, I was self-sufficient.
In this day and age, we eat out, cruise through the car wash and pay a landscaper to keep our lawns looking green.
Are these jobs I just don't want to do anymore?
True, I washed more cars, mowed more lawns and scraped more dried prunes out of a plastic cup than I ever care to remember, but I'm not physically unable to do it.
Not to mention, it would probably save a couple hundred bucks a month.
Maybe supporters of illegal immigration (undocumented worker) legislation are right. Maybe these are jobs Americans don't want to do.
But what if we suddenly decided to do these things for ourselves again.
Eat out a little less, find a bucket with soap in it and crank up the old mower.
I'm part of a two income family and free time can be hard to come by, but I won't be using that as an excuse anymore.
Maybe it's time to get down and dirty, and save a little money.
Then, I can afford to buy another microwave.
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You are so right! I'm originally from Los Angeles and there all I did was Go out for lunch with my Girlfriends and then Go out for Dinner with my Fiance and Friends. Hardly cooked meals at home except on the weekends. It's not like I couldn't cook because my fiance and I are both excellent cooks. We have different backgrounds and know a variety of meals to make not just the same old thing all the time. You just get so tied up in your society and the world around you that when you get home you don't feel like doing any of these things. When I come home on friday nights. All I want to do is make me a little drink, tire out the kids and enjoy my weekend without having to do the little things around the house. Now that I've moved to Bakersfield..it's more mellow out here. There isn't a big need of having to blend in with the L.A crowd. Paying for pricy meals and wearing the name brand clothes all the time kept me broke. I still wear very nice clothes but I'm not paying $300 for a pair of shoes anymore because there's no need to....and because kids aren't cheap. We don't go out all that often and we do wash the car ourselves and clean the yard. We cook meals everyday, and the only time we really go out to eat is on a special occasion. Believe me..that's saved us a lot of money and on top of that, you know what your putting in your food.
This is something that bugs me almost every day. I get home, talk to my kids about school, and by that time it's after 8 p.m. What do you do?
I need a maid who will work for pennies and cook grandiose meals!
OK, I'm dreamin'. The dilemma continues.
It might have flipped the circuit breaker. That's what my microwave did.
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