Well, Mr. Lugnut has earned his name again! While he was preparing dinner this evening for our little nuts, our oven decided to die. Only minutes after Mr. Lugnut threw in the leftover pizza, the oven decided to "pop." Then, heard Mr. Lugnut say "What was that?" I was downstairs folding Peanut's huge basket of laundry when this occurred. I repeated exactly what he said as I grabbed Peanut and ran upstairs to check it out. The oven door was wide open and the electric heating element was glowing like a sparkler. The spark was slowly moving its way around the coil. At this point, Mr. Lugnut had already turned off the oven; however, the spark continued to glow as it moved, throwing small sporadic flickers. Butternut was in awe with this very intriguing sight. Of course, I was holding him back from the oven. I asked him "What can you do?" His response was he wasn't sure and that he needed to think. I was bugging him by asking him so I went to work on preparing food. Mr. Lugnut worked diligently on this new project, as I finished preparing dinner. It wasn't long after the 4 little nuts were busily eating their pizza and the littlest nut, Peanut, was eating her rice and applesauce, when Mr. Lugnut joined us at the table for our dinner prayers. I was so proud of his accomplishment and I could tell he was, too. After dinner, he called an appliance store to order a new heating element. They had one in stock so we could pick it up later this week. Phew, luckily we didn't need to fork out money for a whole new stove/oven.
The honorable Mr. Lugnut firmly holds on to his title (no surprise, here.) I was amazed at how he "worked" at this project. He was able to unscrew bolts, pull out the oven, remove the back side panel, and tackle the mess of nuts and bolts without complaining one bit nor needing help from myself or someone else of "appliance experience." I have always known he is truly intelligent, but this project proved it even more. From my perspective, Mr. Lugnut seemed to have solved this puzzle so easily. "Honey" you are AMAZING at what you can do even if you don't think so.
bahaha oh no! please tell me lugnut found an easy and cheap fix to this "excitement!"
ReplyDeleteSorry, I accidentally posted the blog before I was finished typing it. Reread it. Oops. Yes, it was a cheap fix thanks to my very handy Man!!
ReplyDeleteSo my pal Judy here at work - her oven just went out last WEEK! It did the same thing! However I think her sparks were from behind the oven? I just found it funny that YOURS went out too! Watch out people - yours could be next!
ReplyDeleteAnd congrats on Mr. Lugnut's accomplishment! I would have immediately called up Sears or something. Me and electronics don't mix. Oh and for what it's worth, apparently CenterPoint Energy offers something where you can pay $15/month to cover 5 appliances. If anything goes wrong with them, they cover the replacement/fixing 100%. Not sure if Xcel or other companies do that but it's worth a look into!
aw, love this post. way to go, bro!
ReplyDeleteMr. Lugnut must be related to his Grandpa Truman, whom Mom always said could fix anything! and I say it of my husband too! Judy
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