I hate ceramic cooktops......

Well okay HATE is a BIG word!

They really annoy me. For some reason I can't sem to keep thm clean.

I feel buying a range with a ceramic cooktop was a mistake.

You boil water and the cooktop is grungy. !"/$%?&*(!!!

I don't believe in buying $20.00 cleaners for the cooktop....

 I found the Vileda Ceramic Scrunge for around $4.00....and they are good for a lot of times.

But not quite up to par....you need the extra touch...

The extra touch is Barkeeper's Friend!!!!

You wet the cooktop, sprinkle some BKF make a paste (add water if needed)

Let dry and scrub, rinse, rinse,rinse (not more then with regular ceramic top cleaner)


And it is really beautyful and squeaky clean !!!

         

Time to go....We just started watching Downtown Abbey .....Must watch more!!!

Chandelier

It is by no means grand but it looks great in the bathroom....

This morning I've been scoping out crystals on Etsy....

Here it is!

 

It was the pic I could get with the bathroom's poor lighting.

 

And we installed the new kitchen fan and in a calm and orderly fashion!

No yelling!

 

 

                                        All shinny and bright. I think it will actually make a difference when I cook.

This my new cooking buddy.

My old one went to the big appliance heaven in late September.

 

It is the oven that died and since I didn't want to have it repaired (again)....

Off to the store we went.

Yes there was the really basic white like I had with coils....but it wasn't really cheaper than the one with the flat top.

And one exactly like the one in the picture but with coils was only $20 less.

It is really hard to keep clean, but I definitely LOVE all the bells and whistles on it.

The timer, the bip when it's ready, the keep warm zone, the expendable element, the auto clean feature, but I have to admit that one scares me....  

Well I'm off to fawn over the fan....lol!