My Gift

Last winter, before we moved into this house permanently, my wonderful husband gave me a gift. Since I was leaving the house that I bought only a few years ago and that I absolutely loved, to move into the house that was HIS dream and he built, I got to pick out a new kitchen. New cupboards and appliances and light fixtures. Ok, all the appliances except the stove, we decided that could wait until this spring (what was I thinking? Get all the bright, shiny, new kitchen stuff at the same time!!). Well, things do have a way of working out, the final apartment we are getting ready to rent is in need of a stove. My old one from here will go there, and my new stove was ordered last week and should arrive next week. Kind of like when we decied to use the old fridge as a spare for the appartments, and in March ended up needing to use it when the rented apartment's fridge went out. Thank goodness for that spare, it was only 3 hours from the tenant's call to Mike's getting another one in there- he got to be the hero for a pregnant lady - can't get better than that. Only one TINY problem has come up............all my new appliances are Maytag. I have absolutely loved my dishwasher so I picked a Maytag stove too. But then came those Maytag diswasher recalls ....... YEP, mine is one of those. No Biggie, it's only a SERIOUS fire hazzard (yes, the word serious was stressed), and the recommendation is to turn off the breaker on the dishwasher until it is repaired. Oh the horror of having to wash dishes by hand again. Thank Goodness, I gave birth to 2 little dishwashers!! If only they were as quick and efficient as my dishwasher. And worked as well. And cleaned as well. And as quietly. Oh, man WHEN will I have that dishwasher back???? Luckily, a tech comes out to the house to fix it, and we are scheduled for ours later this week. Considering the first day of the recall we tried to get on line to see what Maytag was offering as a solution, and the site was so busy we could never connect, I was amazed that we were able to schedule it so quickly. We were even offered a choice of 3 different days for OUR convience ....... customer service? From such a big company? It makes me glad I went with the Maytag stove now, I was a little worried when the recall first happened.