Help my mom! Please recommend a cooktop/vent.
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Please recommend a decent vent hood
Comments (17)florantha, As long as the voltage and wattage are compatible, you can substitute Xenon bulbs for the halogen. The base of the bulb needs to match. Xenon bulbs burn with less heat and you can handle them with your hands. Here is a link that might be useful: Xenon Bulbs...See MorePlease help with my cooktop/vent lineup dilemma!
Comments (3)I see no problem with having the cooktop back a couple of inches from the counter edge. As long as you can comfortably reach the back burners and controls, I don't think it will matter much at all. My pro-style range has a stainless steel edge across the front that is a full 3 inches deep. Suggest that you do a mockup with a cardboard counter and tape off where you are considering the cooktop to go. Then hang something where your fan will be (like maybe also cardboard, or a couple of cereal boxes or furnace filters taped together). See if you are OK with how it looks in the space. Seeing it will help you get the proportions in your mind....See MorePredictable stepmom vent on absent mom (long)
Comments (19)I am a stepmom to a beautiful 7 year old little girl and have been since she was 4 years old. I can literally count on my ten fingers the amount of times her biological mom has made visits since I have known her (more like on one hand). She moved out of state with her when she was four and kept her from my husband for almost a year until he took her to court about three times u tip he finally won sole custody of her and her was granted child support from bio mom. He was also to drive half way from New Mexico to Dallas Texas to have our little girl do OVER NIGHT visits once a month in Texas and two week visits over summer break. Like I said bio mom would constantly cancel visits saying she could not afford it even though we received absolutely no child support checks and when she did make visits she would often request for us to pick up the child early because she had plans with her boyfriend or she would state the child was out of control and she could not handle her. The last visit she had with my step daughter she kept her for a month and it was only supposed to be a two week visit. Also during that time my step daughter was sexually assaulted by step father and we took them to court and the mother called the child a liar and automatically took step fathers side. My husband and I have put her I counseling, pressed charges and done all that we can as loving parents. Charges were dropped due to lack of evidence and now mother is fighting to move child to Texas with her and husband (what a joke right). Keep in mind no child support has been paid and mother has not attempted contact in about a year and 5 months and before that would very rarely make phone calls. She was granted supervised visits which my daughter refuses to have and if she's forced she does not engage in contact AT ALL. She is terrified of these people but the system demands visits. Last time in court bio mom failed to appear because she put her husband as priority and said she could not make it and all visits were suspended. My step daughter is traumatized and terrified of these people. I wish she had a good bio mom but she doesn't and I have been the one to take This place without the official title. Is it hard? Heck yes you do all the work without the official title and have people constantly belittling you as just the "stepmom" but the title is earned not only because you give birth to a child it goes far beyond that. These children have real needs and it takes true responsibility to raise a child and meet their need and give them the love they deserve. I have experienced the feeling of not being recognized for all that I do as a step mom who has really taken on 100% responsibility but that's what being selfless is its doing these thing without expecting recognition from humans. When I married my husband I took on the responsibility of being a mommy whether full time or once a week. I love it and since we have had trouble having babies of our own I have truly been blessed with the opportunity to be a mommy before giving birth. God placed is in each others life and I cherish every moment. To all the step moms out there I know the feelings that go along with being a step parent but it's a huge role and God sees even when others don't. Keep being good mom mad and you shall be blessed. It's not the child's fault they deserve nothing but the best!!!...See MorePlease recommend a great vent hood
Comments (4)Our range is a KitchenAid Superba w/convection and it is staying. The grill I use is a large George Foreman with removable plates. My style of cooking is 'all of the above'. I pan grill fish & meat, I boil pasta, make homemade pot pie & noodles, steam vegetables, roast, and bake. I learned my style of cooking from my Mom, and was raised in central PA. Did you ever hear of PA Dutch cooking? My menu has expanded, and I am choosing less fat, less carbs etc.recipes, but when the kids come home they ask for the old favorites. The range hood that ccoombs1 has suggested sounds like a good choice since my DH has already suggested a blower motor that is housed outside, whether at the back of our house or on the roof. Does anyone else have this range hood or one similar, and, if so, what are it's pros and cons? I am going to do a web search to see if there are any reviews on this particular model. I think I saw Broan products for sale at our local Lowe's. Thanks. Jane...See Moreplllog
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