Hopelessly domesticated to you...

The biggest RL thrill of my week: having a new range (oven & stove) installed for my husband's 36 birthday. The range replaces our old, vintage 1966, range - which was, conveniently, as old as Aaron, at least within a few months. It was white, uninsulated, with open burners and a compared-to-modern-appliances small inside. The dial fell off if you turned it quickly and the pilots didn't always light.

What we have now is lovely - still gas and gas, but with sealed burners, a larger inside, and a digital temperature control and most importantly, a timer. Now, I can set it to be on for 50 minutes and cook my dinner while I'm off getting Harry ready for bed, and not worry about it burning. I can put things in it and set it to start cooking 30 minutes later, for 45 minutes, if I want to. And it's insulated, so we won't get burned while cooking on the burners while the oven is on, as we were wont to do.

I am so old.