today greg and i finally decided to work on the oven.
since the bottom baking coil (also called the "element") wasn't heating we needed to check it to see if it was broken or burned. since it looked fine we next needed to unscrew it from the back of the oven to check it with a multimeter. when we pulled it out we saw that one of the wires had completely broken off and been lost in the back. of course now we had to pull the whole thing out (and clean all around it too, which i suppose was a good thing, though not fun!).
the multimeter showed that the coil was in good working order, all it needed was a new tip to the wire. luckily, the last time greg worked on the oven (when the whole clock attachment needed to be replaced) the guy at the parts place he went to in brooklyn had given him a bag of small tips.
re-attaching the tip . .
viola, all fixed!
(i think she was looking for tidbits on the table when i startled her.)
in celebration, when greg and i returned from the birthday party, i made a roast chicken with sweet potatoes and surprised m and c when they came home (chanda from the birthday party dessert expedition and morgana from a play meeting with her friends).
this evening and these past few days, chanda has been madly working on her presentation . .
in the morning i need to pack ingredients to make a soup for lunch. we will all be bringing something different to contribute.
I have the perfect verse in German that would go with the little peg people and the stone:
ReplyDeleteIm Zwergenhaus
ist Mittagsschmaus.
Auf Wurzeltisch
und Wurzelbank
die Speis' schmeckt frisch
und wohl der Trank.
In froher Ruh'
ein Elfenkind
schaut zu.
How did Chanda's presentation go? Greg did a great job! Our broiler still has not been fixed . . . I don't want to try it myself. I am afraid of the gas.
Chanda's presentation went really well. I'm sorry I haven't posted it yet. I do have pics and some movies, though not of her presenting, but of the geographical fugue and a song . . I think. Thanks so much for the verse! I do need to translate now . . I'll do some and ask Morgana to help a little too :) It's good for me! Thanks :)
DeleteOh good, she must be happy about that.
DeleteP.S. Peter says, he is very impressed by Greg's expertise.
ReplyDelete:( he's thorough stumped now with the plastic smell. i still intend to google it and see if we can troubleshoot it at all . . but Greg is ready for a new appliance I think . .I'm not!!
DeleteWell, but you also don't want to start a fire.
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