Well, Thanksgiving is back to Grandma and Grandpa’s house this year (yay!). They were going to move Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas morning breakfast to my uncle’s house. Now that they are in their 80s, and having had a health scare two years ago, it wasn’t at their house last year. Now, they are feeling a lot better and really missed all the fun and chaos of having twenty five to thirty people at their small 1100 square foot home. One table is pulled up to use the window seat as seating, some people sit on the sofa, some at the table, and the rest of us grab holding chairs or eat in shifts. Luckily, the main living areas are one big room so we can mingle cocktail party style.
Grandma called during the weekend to say that her oven is broken! If it cannot be fixed, then she is going to have my aunt cook the turkey and bring it. It is on life support right now, because the oven light works but the heat doesn’t come on, which would be crucial. This morning I gave her a call because I found out what is on the slate for the Sears Pre-Thanksgiving Sale. Believe it or not, they are giving 15% cash back in the mail on any appliance you buy that is $499 and over! Plus, I also read on the website that there is free standard delivery on many appliances $399 and over after mail in rebate!
Waying out the price of fixing her old stove versus buying a new one, less the discount, might very well tempt her to forget about Mr. Harvest Gold (at least her oven wasn’t that rusty orange that seemed to be wherever Harvest Gold and Avocado Green appeared. Orange is lovely, but that particular shade in a stove was not very slimming for it).
I haven’t looked at ovens in awhile, but saw that there are many that are more streamlined or a better fit in kitchen’s like hers. The oven is not at the end of the row of cabinets, but there is a space in the middle for it. The current one that she has sort of doesn’t lay flush with the cabinets and sort of screams, especially since her fridge and dishwasher are much newer than old reliable.
Of course, I am not sure if we can get delivery unless we go right away tomorrow. When I last purchased from Sears, I managed to get it at the end of the next day. However, I have three uncles that have trucks. If she cannot get it delivered until Friday or Monday, that won’t be a dealbreaker, because she is going to need it for Christmas. Christmas is usually breakfast at her house, and with so many willing to pitch in, Grandma will be waited on hand and foot. You may be able to move a cooked turkey, but something gets lost in the translation when pancakes are cooked ahead of time and carried over the snow.
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