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Ninja Blender Giveaway, baby!

by Jamie

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Today, I really REALLY wanted to post a fabulous new recipe for you all. That was my plan all week-long, you see. But as luck would have it, my good intentions were rudely interrupted by fact that my kitchen sink simply decided to come unglued from her usual spot and fell right out from under the counter-top leaving me with no running water (or sink!) in my kitchen and 500 dirty dishes just begging to be cleaned.

This is not a joke.

Would I lie to you?

No way, man. I would not.

Good times around here, my friends. After I washed the previously mentioned 500 dishes (give or take 450) in my bathtub during the late night hours, I had a good nights rest and woke up ready and willing to serve my family cheap, five dollar pizza for the duration my small kitchen crisis. (Which should be over in the next 24 hours or so. At least that was the good news given to me today by MyHandsomeHusband aka Repair Man of Wonder).

And so, dear readers, instead of a new recipe for you today I am giving away one of my favorite kitchen appliances of all time.

 

Isn’t she a beauty!

I would love to give one of you lucky readers a brand spanking new Ninja Kitchen System 1200 (BL700), complete with a small and large pitcher and many different cutting blades (including a whipping blade and dough hook). 

I absolutely adore this contraption. I use it for all kinds of things, including smoothie making, chopping nuts, veggies, blending up graham cracker crumbs for crusts, making salad dressings, whipping cream, blending dips..etc, etc, etc…I have even used it in a pinch to make cookie dough and bread dough! Amazing, it is.

I use mine every day.

Just like I used to use my kitchen sink every day.

Until she went rogue on me. Dang thing. Hoping once she has been restored to her full glory, we can be friends again. She and I spend a lot of time together after all. 🙂

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me one of your kitchen mishaps. (Goodness knows we all have them!) Did you accidentally pour freshly made gravy down the sink? Did you burn your husbands birthday cake? Did your chicken soup boil over while you were eating chocolate and reading a great book? 

I would love to hear your stories. Everyone needs a good laugh now and then, right! You may enter from now until Thursday March 6th. Winner will be announced and contacted on Friday March 7th.

Good luck, everyone!

 

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798 comments

Marcy P February 28, 2014 - 11:15 am

my husband dropped a piece of his meat grinder(he was making sausage) in my(our) 5 day old -new stainless steel sink, making a huge dent. We decided not to replace it until it broke through . 10 years I still have a dented sink.

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Patricia @ ButterYum February 28, 2014 - 11:15 am

Oh no – I’ve never heard of such a thing happening. Honestly though, I wish mine would fall out so I could replace it with a single bowl model. Woule you mind seeing if your sink could talk to mine? Okay, so I love my Ninja food processor thingy so I know I would love this blender – cool giveaway!! My story – when I was a new bride, I didn’t have enough storage space for a plastic covered cake pan I bought so I placed it into the cold oven. Several days later I preheated the oven without thinking about the cake pan. Black smoke billowed out of the oven and I opened the door to find long strands of melted plastic dripping from the rack. I wish I could say that was the worst kitchen accident, but I could embarrass myself over and over again so I’ll leave it at that. Take care,
Patricia @ ButterYum

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Pam Fox February 28, 2014 - 11:16 am

Hmmm, so many….
but I guess one of the worst was when I dropped a large plastic bottle (a FULL one, of course) of orange juice from about waist high. And you know it didn’t just break or split or just fall over. Noooo, it hit the floor and split onto who knows how many pieces, and sent the juice to the ceiling, walls and all over the floor to those little recesses you didn’t even know were there! It was one of those clean-ups that lasted for weeks…thought I got it all, then your foot catches in a sticky spot 2 weeks later, or you see the splash of juice that ran down the windowsill that you didn’t notice the other 3 times you cleaned up. But, hey- it has given me a reason to enter your contest, so it will all have been worth it if I win that wonderful Ninja!

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Robyn B. February 28, 2014 - 11:17 am

When my son was about 3, he “hid” one of those big, plastic pixie sticks in the oven. That night when I preheated the oven, the fire alarms went off and we had smoke everywhere and I had no idea why. We even had to call the fire department!

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kelliinkc February 28, 2014 - 11:17 am

I had a pyrex baker in the oven. The liquid which had been in it managed to mostly evaporate. I added liquid. Hot liquid I might add since I new the glass would be hot and still the thing exploded on me! Needless to say we had to find an alternative for dinner and then clean the oven later after it had cooled…….

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Denise February 28, 2014 - 11:18 am

I can identify with the runaway sink. I had a similar issue with the vent hood over the stove. I was standing on a stool cleaning it (perhaps too vigorously) when it fell from the upper cabinet it was attached to. I caught it thus sparing the electrical wiring. But I am perched there alone in the house and I can’t let go. I finally stacked pots from my stove that were within reach so I could rest the hood on them long enough to answer the phone. The caller — it was my wonderful hubby who had recently installed the rogue vent hood. He got an earful.

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Amy Goodwin February 28, 2014 - 11:18 am

I was canning peach preserves and baking 2 cakes the night before my 2 daughter’s birthday parties. I put a bunch of the peach peels down my garbage diposal, and when I turned it on, it backed up and caused the sink pipe to come apart, spewing dirty water and ground up peach peel everywhere. My husband was out of town til the next morning, so we had to wash the dishes in the bathtub, and go out to dinner.

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Kelly S February 28, 2014 - 11:19 am

There was a thin layer of paper between the cheese I was using. Put it on the hamburgers and what a nice surprise we had when we went to eat them. Cheese good, paper not so good.

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Yvonne Higgins February 28, 2014 - 11:19 am

Many, many years ago I was canning beets in my pressure cooker. It was the first time I had used it. I am still not sure what I did wrong but it blew up. Besides burning my poor pregnant belly, I had bright red beet juice all over my kitchen. Walls, floors, ceiling, curtains, even inside cupboards. I also left wet red clothes from the kitchen to the bathroom shower. I had a meeting later that day I had to attend so I took a big bag of frozen veggies with me to cool down my belly. While I was gone my husband cleaned everything up. Baby and I were fine. In fact the baby is now 35 years old and married with 5 little ones. I love my pressure cooker now that I know how to use it!

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Lisette Herrera February 28, 2014 - 11:20 am

Kitchen mishaps?? I have loads of them! LOL My favorite is my most recent one where I put a pizza oven box (with pizza in it) in my oven at 375 degrees! How was I suppose to know the box would burn and catch on fire, leaving the house the smell like burnt marshmallows? Lesson learned every time I cook in the oven now. I guess my sweet hubby will have to buy me a new one! 🙂

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Rebekah February 28, 2014 - 11:22 am

We live in Alaska, and once after baking a cheesecake in a glass pan we decided to put the pan outside in the snow to cool down faster. It immediately shattered and glass flew everywhere! The cheesecake was ruined and we laughed so hard I almost peed myself. Lesson learned!
I would LOVE a Ninja blender!! I am dying for one! It sounds so much better than the magic bullet we have been using for 5 years!

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Sue February 28, 2014 - 11:23 am

One year at Thanksgiving we were eating at my Mom’s. Lots of family, etc.We were putting the finishing touches on the sides and pulled the Turkey out of the oven to rest before carving. Oh, Oh! My Mom had forgotten to turn the oven on!! We ate dinner at 11:00 that night.

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Mia February 28, 2014 - 11:23 am

Ah, pressure cooker mishap…

Messing around with the pressure valve stopper when making baked beans. Pushed too hard & the stopper went inside the pot. Pent up baked beans shot up to the ceiling, cabinets & behind the stove.

Don’t do this…

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Julia February 28, 2014 - 11:25 am

Shortly after getting my first microwave, I thought I was using the timer option, but was really using the full power option. Due to very little kitchen space I stored my New Betty Crocker Cookbook inside the microwave, as you can imagine I accidentally microwaved my cookbook. My husband would tell everyone I tried to cook the entire cookbook for him. If your wondering. Yes, it caught fire, but was quickly extinguished.

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denita butts February 28, 2014 - 11:25 am

A couple stand out first my father was in the hospital recovering from surgery and it was Thanksgiving so I decided to cook the meal it would be my first everything was going off without a hitch until I went to check the turkey and could not find my pot holders anywhere I was frustrated and kept searching throughout the day no luck we’ll long story short I took the turkey out and no drippings we’ll the turkey got put on the platter and resting all cozy under the turkey were the potholders

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Erik G February 28, 2014 - 11:25 am

I dropped a Pyrex bowl full of chocolate cake mix and it shattered into a million pieces all over the kitchen and dining area. Slung tiny glass shards and chocolate goo everywhere. Took days to feel like we finally got all of the mess cleaned up. Thankfully, nothing hurt but my pride.

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Amy Belanger February 28, 2014 - 11:25 am

I’ve had numerous mishaps (it’s all part of learning, right?) My most recent was when I was about to frost a batch of cupcakes for a work birthday party. I had my grandmother’s recipe for Fudge Frosting. I know my mother and grandmother had made this recipe too many times to count, so foolproof, right? Well, I ended up with GLAZE. Not the thick, fudgey frosting I remember from my youth, but a thin chocolate glaze. Oh well, I guess I’ll dip cupcakes instead… and what a delicious mess I made!

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JOANN ROUTH February 28, 2014 - 11:26 am

Just after we were married I put just a touch of laundry soap in our dishwasher (I was all out of that soap). A few minutes later there were bubbles coming out on all sides, and upon opening it up there were bushels of soap bubbles! Never did that again.

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Amy February 28, 2014 - 11:26 am

Many years ago while cooking dinner in the tiniest kitchen ever, I had turned on the wrong burner on my electric stove. I had a really nice Pyrex dish ready to fill up and get in the oven….unfortunately it was sitting on the burner I turned on and cracked into several pieces 🙁 Thankfully I hadn’t filled it up with whatever I was getting ready to bake.

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Bev February 28, 2014 - 11:28 am

Honestly, I can’t put anything in or take anything out of the oven without burning my fingers, hands, wrists, and even my arms. BUT, the best kitchen mishap for me was over 35 years ago. Two weeks before my wedding I was at my fiance’s, now hubby, apartment all prepared to make him fried chicken for dinner. I was very proud that my mother had taught me how to cut up a chicken, wishbone and all, and I was pulling the wonderfully sharp knife through and (don’t read the rest if you’re the queasy type) sliced my middle finger right next to my ring finger. What a mess! Six stitches and no fried chicken that night. That’s when I learned to buy chicken already cut up and ready to fry.

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Jennie February 28, 2014 - 11:30 am

My teenage son has been making a chocolate chip bar cookie for years. This time he made a double batch to take to school or somewhere. It was getting late. I sent him to bed, and told him I would take it out of the oven for him. After taking it out, I decided to check the bottom. I raised it over my head to see. The next thing I knew my favorite 9 X 13 glass dish and his cookie bar was all over the kitchen floor. I stayed up late and remade it for him. Needless to say, I don’t raise anything I bake to check the bottom. My kitchen smelled GREAT for awhile.

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AnnaMarie Judd February 28, 2014 - 11:31 am

My story is not a funny one but a sad one! At least to me 🙁 I loved my Bosch mixer and I used it for most everything. I was making some yummy chocolate chip cookies using the wire whips to mix up the wet ingredients. I began to add the dry ingredients and did not want to change to my dough hook. Why, you ask? Because I was feeling lazy! Because I continued to use the wire whips, I burned up the engine! My Bosch started spitting out little black pieces of belt and then no more spinning whips. So sad! The ironic part is that there are cookie paddles available for a Bosch to avoid having to change tools. Sure wish I knew that before! Happy days now; my new Bosch should be delivered today. Thank goodness! Six months without a mixer is way too long 🙂

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Sandy February 28, 2014 - 11:35 am

My 25 year old daughter was at my house and put a sweet potato in my microwave to cook, she pushed the potato button and when it said it was done she checked it and wanted it a little more done so she pushed the potato button again. When it beeped done she opened the microwave door and a huge plume of smoke filled my house and the potato wad discinigrated into nothing. My house smelled like it had a smoke fire, i had to wipe down inside and out of cabinets, air our my house for days and it took 2 weeks to get the smell out of my microwave. Kids, gotta love em…: )

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Jossanne Neil February 28, 2014 - 11:35 am

Most recently, 4 Tbsp of baking soda in the pancakes instead of 4 Tbsp of baking powder. Can I just say YUCK!?!

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Rhonda February 28, 2014 - 11:36 am

Was giving one of my children (who shall remain nameless)a bath in the kitchen sink because it’s easier on the back. All of a sudden I notice a “surprise” floating in the bath water! Ewwwwwww!!! Needless to say,I never repeated that mistake again. Talk about a bleachable moment!!!

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jackie webb February 28, 2014 - 11:37 am

I called my Mom and asked could she tell me over the phone how to make pie crust (she makes the best ever) So, I got my bowl, added the ingredients as she told me to, doing what she told me to…and got to the part where you add the water, and bring it all together …if you can picture this…me with the phone on my shoulder….corded to the wall (back in the old days) with the bowl on the counter, but up against my tummy, and I reached in, to *bring* the dough together, and the whole thing flipped up and tossed itself on me!! LOL….what a mess. Sure would be nice to have something to bring my dough together, cuz I still do it the same way…without the phone, now!!

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Nikki David February 28, 2014 - 11:37 am

My son likes to hide things in various places. I NEVER check the inside nof my oven before turning it on to heat it up. The oven was on 400 degrees and there was a strange rubber smell coming from the oven after about a half and hour. He had hid a whoopie cushion in the oven. That part was some what comical….the fact that I pulled it out with bare hands (reacted without thinking) was NOT comical…

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Dee R February 28, 2014 - 11:38 am

We were having friends over for dinner and I put a beautiful pork roast on the rotisserie in my oven. Turned it on and went to visit with my guests. I set the timer and never realized that the flame didn’t ignite. Needless to to say we ended up making a fast pasta dish to feed everyone.

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Stefanie E February 28, 2014 - 11:39 am

Just last month, I was boiling a dozen eggs, as I often do at the beginning of the week. I got involved with a frustrating phone call about insurance, so completely forgot about the eggs. Until….I heard what sounded like firecrackers going off in my kitchen. I began to scream at the boys, asking what on earth they were doing, but mid-sentence, it hit me! One by one, each egg exploded all over the kitchen, on the ceiling, on every appliance and every wall. And the smell! Then my dog starts to eat the stinky bits on the floor! We all know what excessive boiled eggs can do to the digestive system, so I quickly put an end to that. That was the biggest mess to clean! And I had to start all over with the insurance issue. I can laugh about it now! ????

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Karen J Pinion February 28, 2014 - 11:40 am

Several years ago, I had started to date a man, who would later become my husband. I decided I would cook a meal for him and he said he loved meatloaf! I used my mothers recipe, which called for some minute rice…I only had long grain and decided I would use this and thought the time in the oven would cook the rice. We sat down to eat , everything looked very good. I noticed he took a large bite of the meatloaf but didnt comment and didnt take another. Well, of course, I took a bite and had to spit it out!! The rice was NOT cooked and the whole flavor was very starchy. He just smiled and said , I’m sure it will be better next time. We were married several months later and he was right.

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Leslie Akins February 28, 2014 - 11:42 am

My teenage son and I were making a gravy for this chicken dish, and for some reason, it just wouldn’t thicken. I mean–we had added the butter, flour, and then slowly added the liquid, right? Well, cooking with teenage boys should always come with a warning “Watch everything they do.” I decided to taste the roux and see what was going on. It was SO SWEET!!! When I was melting the butter, I had a phone call so I told him to add the flour. He added the “flour” alright, except it was confectioner’s sugar! Lord have mercy–there are assassins everywhere when you are cooking! It was a total do over, and dinner was very late that night.

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christy February 28, 2014 - 11:42 am

My story is not my own, but my brother’s. Not that I don’t have plenty of mistakes and rants in the kitchen. This one is just funny because he really is sweet and was trying to help. My brother loves peanut butter bars and his wife usually makes them once a week. They have four darling boys and so the whole family is busy all day long. One day my brother came home from work and saw the unfrosted bars on the counter and decided to do his part to help. With the encouragement of his two youngest sons, he started to make the frosting. He melted the butter, whisked in the cocoa powder, added vanilla and then 3-4 cups of sugar. For the life of him, he couldn’t figure out why the frosting wasn’t getting thick, so he kept adding sugar. About 10 minutes and 8 cups of sugar later his wife walked in the back door, rolled her eyes and introduced him to powdered sugar. This is a guy who grew up in a house full of bakers, grandmothers who could cook it all and can cook for himself 🙂 Just a little brain cramp 🙂

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Sally King February 28, 2014 - 11:45 am

Well, I drove from AZ to NY with my dogs to visit my best friend and she had baked a cake for her boyfriend, and as we were all sitting eating dinner, I looked over and there was my dog front paws up on the counter with his face buried in the birthday cake. On that same trip, I was visiting my brother and as we were sitting eating dinner that same dog (bless his little heart) had jumped up on the stove and had somehow turned the knob for the GAS burner and flames were a-flaring!!! Hobie lived to be 13 and I would give anything to see his face buried in a birthday cake again!!!

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Amber February 28, 2014 - 11:48 am

I pulled the cookie sheet out of the oven quickly and half of the cookies slid right off and fell to the bottom of the oven. Some smoke and a big mess to clean up!! Great giveaway. Thanks.

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jan February 28, 2014 - 11:48 am

I have caught my oven on fire three separate times! Each time it has been while cooking cheesy potatoes!

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Rebecca Dewey February 28, 2014 - 11:55 am

Years ago I pulled a glass casserole dish from the oven full of pork chops and rice, only to watch it explode in front of me as I set it on top of the stove. With out thinking…I had moved a pan with cold water out of the way. The pan had made the burner cold enough to not like my favorite casserole dish (which was also a wedding gift)Talk about glass everywhere. Of course dinner was inedible and we ended up going out to Marie Callendar’s. I still miss that dish!

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Randy February 28, 2014 - 11:56 am

I seem to like overstuffing pie pans and letting that bubble out all over the place

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Jenessa February 28, 2014 - 11:57 am

I was trying a pinterest recipe–tater tots wrapped with cheese & bacon for a church function and they turned out great, but after I had transferred them from the baking sheet to a plate, they all fell on the floor. I served them anyway (don’t tell anyone);) Love and miss you, Jamie!

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Kimmie S. February 28, 2014 - 11:57 am

I was making chicken and dumplings one time and after cooking the chicken I usually put a strainer over another pot then pour everything from the first pot into the second pot. The chicken and chopped onions stop in the strainer and the yummy broth goes into the new pan to continue. Big OOPS…I put the strainer in the sink and poured away…all the yummy broth went down the drain :(.

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Shannon February 28, 2014 - 11:58 am

Back in the day when I still used PAM, I sprayed the grill then brought the Pam back inside and left it on the counter. While I was grilling, my two boys managed to empty that entire brand new costco size can of Pam all over the house! The TV, the floor, cabinets, windows, the back of a leather chair, EVERYTHING!!! Not even the dog escaped! While I was cleaning the inside of the house, I sent them outside but what I didn’t realize was they had sprayed each other. When I checked on the boys outside, they were playing in the sandbox!!! Boys+Pam + sand=another mess! It took hours to clean and I found new spots I had missed for a week afterward!

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Betty February 28, 2014 - 11:59 am

I was frying potatoes one day (I went out to sit on porch)and soon the smoke alarm went off, the girl called and said are you cooking or do you need the fire dept. I said I’m cooking. thanks! My husband always told me you can’t cook on the porch. True!!!

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Tina Powell February 28, 2014 - 11:59 am

My husband was cooking us some fried okra. He got a container (unlabled)out of the cabinet that he thought had flour in it. However, it was powdered sugar. I know some mistakes turn out to be good new recipes, NOT this one. I still give him a hard time over that. Not sure how he didn’t know it was sugar. Still makes me laugh.

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Jade Donnelley February 28, 2014 - 11:59 am

Oh man!! One day I was making homemade toum sauce in my blender and I was scraping the garlic down the sides when I dropped my metal spoon in the the blender (which was on since I’m so smart) and garlic mayo sprayed me in the eyes so I could not see to stop the blender from spraying toum all over my kitchen walls and ceiling!!

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Katie February 28, 2014 - 12:01 pm

I had a ladle in a pot of simmering soup and knocked it out of the pan with my elbow. Not a fun mess to clean up.

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Cheryl February 28, 2014 - 12:01 pm

About 3 years ago, on CHRISTMAS EVE, we had our whole family coming for dinner at about noon. There are 17 of us. And all the sudden our water heater went out about 8:00 am. No shower for me today!!! I frankly didn’t think anyone would be available, but I found one. He had only 1 left of the kind I needed? He came about 11:00 am and replaced the water heater!! He was out of here by noon, and I had a huge bill in my hand, but it was worth it!!

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Colleen February 28, 2014 - 12:02 pm

This happened many, many years ago and way before I was a mommy! My friend and I put a cookie sheet with tator tots in the oven after a night out on the town. We forgot about them and went to bed. When we woke the next morning, the tator tots were ashes and her oven no longer worked! Her dad had to buy her a new one. Oops! Love all these stories and your blog!

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Terry February 28, 2014 - 12:03 pm

My sink also came unglued from the granite. We were super trendy and propped it up with a car jack until my handy husband could fix it. My personal kitchen oops was when I poured the lemon sauce for my fancy Easter dinner down the drain, RIGHT AFTER I FINISHED MAKING IT! Washed the pot and everything before I realized what I had done.

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Katrina M. February 28, 2014 - 12:03 pm

I once put a casserole dish with baked beans in the oven – with plastic wrap on it. I just about poisoned my entire family! Sigh.

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Debbie Barnett February 28, 2014 - 12:04 pm

I will go with a dishwasher story… I had loaded up the dishwasher, putting in as many as possible, of course. I turned it on, and within a few minutes I smelled something burning. Turns out, if you have something in the middle of your top rack that stops the spinning thing from turning…you will have smoke. Probably followed by fire…but fortunately mine didn’t get that far. It was far enough to turn on all the smoke alarms though!

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Scott A. Widener February 28, 2014 - 12:05 pm

While serving in the military and serving on “KP” (kitchen patrol)duty I was assisting make omelette a for the troops. Everything was going great when all of a sudden the General of the base and my Company commander come in. I made perfect omelettes all day but it took me 3 tries to make just one omelette and the General had to walk me thru it step by step. I was so nervous being just out of infantry training the CO and General had me stand at attention while they ate then afterwards they both slapped on the back saying, ” See ya in the morning private, and it’ll be 100 push-ups for each bad omelette.” I made two beautiful omelettes the next day.

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