"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:59:04 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>> The new microwave is great! My only complaint is that the light does not
>> come on when you open the door. Only when you are cooking. Not such a
>> big
>> complaint I guess. But it is smaller than the old one. I wanted
>> smaller.
>> We mainly only use it to reheat a plate of food. Although once in a
>> while I
>> will do a casserole in there if we want it quickly and don't care if it
>> browns on the top. I checked the casseroles that I kept and several will
>> fit in there so it's all good. Plus the red color looks great!
>>
>> After cleaning off the shelving unit that is in the dining room that had
>> contained food that wouldn't fit in the kitchen, like cereal, I had a
>> whole
>> empty shelf. I decided to move my remaining two Crock-Pots and my stand
>> mixer to that shelf. That freed up the "dead" space where the Crock-Pots
>> were. They were under the microwave. So I moved a little wire shelf
>> under
>> there and it now has the jars of nut/seed butter underneath and some
>> little
>> things on the top like gum and mints.
>>
>> The mixer had been almost in the corner. There is actually a little
>> stand
>> in the corner with a drawer in it and on top are things like my scale and
>> some odds and ends that are being stored in the giant metal bowl that I
>> use
>> for big pasta salads that I take to potlucks. We have all kinds of
>> little
>> decorative toothpicks and those are in there. Angela likes to decorate
>> my
>> husband's food. She has some that are goals and footballs for use during
>> football game meals.
>>
>> Anyway... I now have some additional free space on my counter top! And
>> I
>> really needed it.
>>
> A red microwave will be fun. Glad to hear you're happy with it. Mine
> is small, but it's not made anymore - no idea why, because it has a
> small footprint. The controls are on top of the cooking chamber, not
> on the side - which is perfect for freeing space on the countertop.

This house was built in 1981 and I am pretty sure that it still has the same
old cupboards and countertops. Oh and I found a good stain remover for
those! I had some of those fruit fly traps that looks like an apple. Of
course both got knocked over and the bright, pinkish red liquid spilled
leaving a nasty stain. Two stains on two different pieces of counter.
Nothing would take them up. I tried a bunch of other stuff tonight and
finally hit on lemon juice and baking soda. Didn't take them all the way up
but they are hard to see. I know where they are and if I really look, I can
see a pale bit of pink on the beige counter but I don't think anyone else
would notice.

Anyway... The microwave is near the entrance to the kitchen and it's one of
the first things you see when you walk in there. So it does give the room a
modern fee.