How do you live without a microwave?
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How do you feel about your UNDER counter microwave?
Comments (6)we've had an undercounter microwave (wolf) for 5 years and i love it. no kids, so can't comment on that, but to address some of your other concerns: - i prefer bending down to get the food because i don't have to worry about spillage. i have to say, though, that my husband disagrees. i'm 5'4" and he is 6'1"... - i really love that it is out of sight - personal taste i guess - i have pretty much memorized the keypad by now, and i am usually hitting the "add minute" button anyway. no need to bend over for that. we are building a new home and i will definitely be going with this set-up again. hope this helps...See MoreSo, how do I live without a garbage disposal?
Comments (40)We have septic at both our home and lake cabin and though we have a disposal at home we don't use it - other than for what Sue36 mentions - flicking it on to suck the dishwater down the drain more quickly. Sure - you can have one if you push it - but why? Have you ever seen someone's property torn up to install a replacement septic system or had to buy one? It's happening alot where I live. People will say they've never had a problem with their septic system but in reality a septic system can be failing without being apparent to the homeowner. I keep all the little plastic bags I get at stores and use one each time I'm prepping a meal - set it right by me and the cutting board. I'll put all the plant type stuff in one since we recycle that type of waste - composting of sorts - but we don't make compost for gardening, etc. - we leave the compost in the woods. If I have yucky meat or fish type stuff I put that in a separate bag and tie it tightly shut. I will either put it in the inside trash can or take it out to the garbage can. We too don't have a huge kitchen trash can so garbage doesn't stay inside very long. The other thing I've done - if I want to peel a bunch of things into the sink so the peels aren't flying all over - is line the sink with a newspaper - peel away into the newspaper - then pick paper and peels up when done - no muss, no fuss. Really, it's not a big that big a deal - if it's the worst problem you have to deal with you'll be a lucky person....See Morehow do you get by without the old range for months???
Comments (17)Wow, we only went a couple of weeks in our new house before our appliances were delivered. I can't imagine months or years! We used a lot of paper plates, cooked on the grill (1 burner) and MW, I also bought a 2-burner (solid burners - nice) buffet thing at Walmart but ended up returning it since we didn't have the counterspace. The problem was having place to put it since we didn't have a countertop on our island, so we were cooking on 3ft of counter b/t the sink (at least we had that) and the hole for the range. The other 27" on other side of hole wasn't much use with no landing place anywhere near it. We ate on a folding "butterfly" table sitting on folding chairs for 3 months. The hardest part was going w/o a fridge - both when we moved, and in 2006 when fridge died in our old house the first day of school. We had to rely on a couple of coolers, lots of ice, and neighbors with space in fridge we could run over every other day to get our groceries from to put in cooler. If it had been longer than a week or two each time to get delivery, I would have bought undercounter fridge....See MoreHow about the one daylily you cant live without
Comments (7)Kay, thank you for offering, but I still have Wild Cherry Wine. I just separated it to put in two different places hoping to make sure it does okay. So far I haven't had much increase but maybe it will do better in raised bed. I moved most of the ones I like the most to a 5'x8' raised bed....See MoreUser
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