My New Stovetop

This is truly a day to remember! I am so excited ... After more than 10 years living in our house (a 1953 generic), we finally found and bought a new stovetop. Yay! Hooray! Yippee! I know it sounds like I've won the lottery and it feels a little like I have. See, I've been living and cooking daily with a Thermador stovetop circa 1960's. Only 2 of the 4 burners work and they are the smaller back burners to boot. I called an appliance repair service and it didn't take long for him to declare that not only could he not help my poor cooking buddy, but that no one would be able to - parts for that thing no longer existed!

That was 4-5 years ago. Coupled with my "easy bake oven" (seriously small) and cooking in my kitchen is always an adventure. I was once 1.5 hours late to a neighborhood gathering because I couldn't get my big pot of water to boil to throw in frozen potstickers. Thanksgivings are all potluck - my oven can barely roast 1 medium turkey and my stove is good for the mashed potates and warming my MIL's candied yams when she arrives. The microwave gets plenty of play, too and it's no spring chicken. It's functional and fairly large, but I wouldn't doubt it will follow the stovetop in a couple of years.

Myron has his work cut out for him. The new stovetop is smaller so we need to shore up the counters and fill in the gaps with new infrastructure. The countertops will now be unfinished and we'll eventually have to get new countertops, but we also are hoping to eventually remodel the entire space in a couple of years. I've lived with a crazy wacked out stovetop for 10+ years, so an unfinished countertop isn't going to faze me much. I dream of a new kitchen/living/dining space and someday I'll have that. Today marks the first step!

Of course we need to finish the kids' rooms, the office, our bedroom, etc etc etc! One day at a time. But hopefully next week, my family will eat a great meal and I will love cooking it on my new best friend.