Weekending

It’s a little late for a “weekending” post, given that tomorrow is Friday already, but holy cow… first, it was one of my 5-day weekends and, second, THERE WAS SO MUCH GOING ON!!

Remember early last week when our water heater died?

A few days later, the oven control/oven on our range fried.

Yesterday, we installed a new range. I didn’t expect that the old one would just frizzle & die, though now I’m seeing that there were signs. I was expecting to buy a new range — soon-ish — and I’ve been looking around for months. I almost pulled the trigger on a double-oven model a little while ago, because I love the idea of having two ovens, but then read the reviews and heeded the warning about the lower oven being… really, really low. I have occasional back, hip & knee problems and pulling a heavy roasting pan from the lower oven would not be helpful.

Anyway, of course the new oven didn’t just slide right. There was some tweaking to be done, a planer was employed (along with hammer, screwdriver & crowbar), new connections to be made, a trip or two to the hardware store. Our old range was all gas, but this one is dual-fuel; we’d had an electric range years ago and didn’t remove the range receptacle when we switched, so that was helpful. And it didn’t take all day, the delivery truck was even a few hours early!

Still, due to uncertainty, we had take-away sushi for supper (so good). But I’m looking forward to cookin’! Besides being a regular old oven, this baby has convection & air fry! The “priming” is done, and we’re ready to go.

A few days ago Kate mentioned that bad things come in threes… 1) water heater, 2) range… and Rusty piped up 3) the sink strainer! And it’s true — it broke & I had to buy a new one — so we’re goin’ with that! Thankyouverymuch.

In other news…

I had the kiddos overnight on Saturday, which was super fun — they’re all getting older, getting along better (mostly), and are just great to have around. I took them home on Sunday morning with a stop at their school for the Science Fair! Junah & Ginny both had dioramas…

The polar bear in Ginny’s project is a Christmas ornament that I bought a few years ago at Rhinebeck!

Junah’s exhibit included a tri-fold with a report on mountain goats, along with some facts & a separate sheet all about the biomes & ecosystem — a lot of research & writing!

Malina & Davy didn’t have exhibits at the fair, but they sure had fun with a few of the participatory ones. There were lots of projects at home, too.

Malina made her own crown — part of a unicorn-themed “craft crate” that I found for each of the girls.

Davy made sure that all the plants in the garden room got a good misting!

And tomorrow is Friday… we have a Winter Weather Advisory from 1:00 am to 1:00 pm tomorrow for 3-5″ of snow. The morning commute might be interesting.