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First 2 of our 13 guests arrive Tuesday morning. The house fill be full of people for 3 days (plus a guest dog).<\/p>\n
Turkey is bought. Hors-d’oeuvres and side dishes wait their turn in the fridge. To do lists start getting completed.<\/p>\n
On Sunday morning, old and annoying in-wall oven sends sparks through the kitchen and dies a spectacular death.<\/p>\n
Realize that just about everything you planned for the Christmas Eve meal (traditional qu\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdb\u00c3\u00af\u00c2\u00bf\u00c2\u00bdcois with a twist) has to be baked and won’t fit in the toaster oven.<\/p>\n
Wonder what the chances are of finding a stove repairman 2 days before Christmas.<\/p>\n
Decide to not spend a dollar on that old oven that drives you crazy. Find comfort in the thought that you will no longer have to yell « DOOR! » as a warning every time you open the amazingly loud oven door.<\/p>\n
Go crazy trying to find a store that has in-wall ovens in stock and can deliver for the 23rd.<\/p>\n
Salesman makes a promise.<\/p>\n
After the new oven is paid for and the installation technician booked, salesman now says the oven might be delivered on the 24th. Maybe late in the day.<\/p>\n
Images of cold turkey, raw beets and hungry guests dance in front of your eyes.<\/p>\n
Refuse to think of alternate menus and keep thinking of the thawing turkey in the fridge. <\/p>\n
Consider becoming a vegetarian again.<\/p>\n
Call comes in from the store manager: delivery should happen on the 23rd unless there’s some kind of problem.<\/p>\n
Breathe deeply and keep your fingers crossed. Hope nothing will get in the way of the installation.<\/p>\n
Listen to your beau who says: « Do you realize that from now on, we will be remembered in that appliance store as the Turkey Emergency Couple? »<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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