Well, this is ironic.

Mom came upstairs, after walking on the treadmill tonight, and said, “I found the box for the kettle. I guess we can get rid of it now, huh?”

“Yeah. I’ll have to look inside and see if the warranty is in there–not that it matters, since you threw the kettle away yesterday–but I’m curious.”

So, later, I went into the kitchen and … wait a minute. That box isn’t from Cuisinart! I wonder …

…And here we flashback to 2005, when we had our kitchen cabinets refaced. In preparation for having our stove disconnected for a few days, I had bought an electric kettle. It turned out, though, that even though our kitchen was disfunctional for a few days–without counters or running water–our stove was connected. Even though we had to walk to the bathroom to get the water, we didn’t need the electric kettle, and it was stored downstairs in the basement and more or less forgotten about.

When, in April 2007, our stove broke and I actually needed an electric kettle, I went and looked for this one, but couldn’t find it, so I assumed it had gotten thrown away when we cleaned the basement.

Well, apparently not.

I guess I don’t need the Chef’s Choice Cordless Kettle that I ordered the other day, after all, huh? So, as soon as it gets here tomorrow, I guess I’ll just pack it up and send it back…. At least that’s a few amazon.com dollars I’ll get back.

Which reminds me, thank you to whoever ordered a couple of those knitting books using my links in yesterday’s post. I appreciate it more than you know! I absolutely hate these crushing money worries. We could really use any good money vibes you can send … we truly, badly need them.

Okay, not to get all national-pride-like or anything, but did you see that 4×100 meter relay race last night? Oh WOW. Absolutely mind-blowing. The worst part, though? I turned my television off at about 11:15 so I could get some sleep and I missed watching it live by about 10 minutes! It wasn’t until I turned on the Today Show this morning that I realized, and … what a race! I’m thrilled that our team won, but watching that last stretch? Just … wow. Absolutely amazing. How did Lezak manage to do that? And do you realize that the first five teams to finish ALL beat the prior World Record, that had just been set the day before? Can you imagine that? Beating the existing world record and still coming in fifth? Everything about that race was incredible. Don’t believe me? Read this article.

Dad got a rare day out today. He had actually planned on going golfing with some of his oldest friends and was going to leave at 7:00 this morning to get down to southern NJ in time, but due to the weather forecast, they had decided to cancel. Which was a shame because he’s not getting to golf much at all this summer (see crushing money problems above), and he needs a distraction from worrying, and had been looking forward to it. But, well, he got up at his usual time and headed for the shower … and at 7:08, the phone rang. The golf game was back on, could he make it? Um … he got dressed, hurried downstairs, scarfed down some Entenmann’s for breakfast, glanced at the newspaper and hurried on his way. Which, you know, was good for him.

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