Cooking with Gas

The week before Charlie's hand surgery I was making dinner and complained to Aaron that the cooktop wasn't working well.  It was not great when we bought the house, but it worked and we have helped it limp along since.  Not long after my griping, I reached for a pot handle and received a big shock, literally!  It scared me bad and I screamed.  We quickly decided a replacement was in order.
I called my favorite Home Depot designer (aka my sister) and she emailed us choices, including switching from electric to gas.  We decided gas would be nice and the cost to connect the gas wouldn't be that high since we have a gas hot water heater near that area.  
The cooktop arrived on a Saturday and we checked it out to realize the old electric hookup wasn't compatible with the new electric starter.  We would need the electrician to. come out to change the wiring and install an outlet.  The electrician was able to come out the same day as the plumber and I figured we would be all set that evening.  The electrician came and pretty quickly had his piece done.  The plumber had rescheduled due to all the snow days and when he finally came it was very late in the evening, he didn't want to do the work, and his quote was a lot more than what they quoted on the phone.  We told him no thank you.  A couple of days later, Aaron scheduled another plumber to come and his quote was crazy high.  Note to self, any plumber driving a Mercedes probably isn't economical.  Finally, we called a guy dad had met in Home Depot (good thing for extroverted dad!) and he was in the area on another job and could come by soon.  This is the day of Charlie's surgery, around 5 o'clock.  He came by, gave us a reasonable quote, offered to do it then if we didn't mind the late hour, and left to get supplies at Home Depot!  We were thrilled and really pleased with the work.  A couple of hours later he was done and were back in business!
We are enjoying cooking with gas and I love having four burners that all work as they should.  The only shock now is the easy cleanup of the glass surface!   We received All Clad pots at Christmas and are really enjoying them.  They cook well and cleanup easy, too.

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