More Helpful Hints Around the House From Me

So if your wife (spouse, significant other) goes to Book Expo in New York City, I have some advice for what to do, and  not to do around the house.

First, if you want to warm a piece of frozen Naan in the microwave, do NOT assume that the heating directions especially timing are the same for a microwave instead of the specified toaster oven, especially when the toaster oven setting was not specified as HIGH.

Second, if you ignore my first piece of advice, do not when you do that go outside to take out the trash, check the mail, and then slowly return to the then smoking microwave where the Naan sort of caught on fire.

Interestingly, one unexpected feature of ignoring my first two pieces of advice is that you may find that the circuit connected to the microwave is completely fried and if that circuit is the same one the refrigerator is connected to then that will not work also. Turning circuit breakers on and off does little good since it is the wiring that has gone to electrical heaven – though you might also observe the other exciting experience of having everything that is electrical in the entire house that can be rebooted do so.

Happily after moving all of the food from the upstairs refrigerator to the basement refrigerator, got to get those extra steps in, the electrician this morning was able to fix everything in approximately five minutes.

I am reminded that it is a good thing that Book Expo only happens once a year, who knows what I might end up doing during my wild, crazy bachelor week at home.

Glad to be of help.