Gertrude is my stove. I am not trying to kill her. We bought her sometime in the 2010s, after our old stove (the one that came with the house) blew out the front right burner in a rather spectacular way. I was at work and my mouse sent me a pic.

Actually we bought Gertrude pretty LONG after that happened. We used a three burner stove for a few years until we decided it was really stupid not to get a new one. I mean, The Landfill had been paid off forever, we were both working, and both our kids had graduated from college. Why were we still living the Student Ghetto/Early In-law life? I decided I needed a Big Girl stove. So we bought Gertrude. Glass stove top and two(!) ovens. I have to admit I don’t often use both ovens but they are handy on holidays and sometimes other occasions. Like when I want to bake something while keeping other stuff warm.

So the other day, I put a pan on a burner and I turned on that burner. Or so I thought. Nope. I turned on another burner. Problem? The burner I turned on happened to have a plastic utensil sitting on it. By the time I noticed what was going on, the utensil had melted big-time and the burner was a total mess. I have cleaned up Gertrude’s burners many a time. This time I wasn’t sure I could.

So I got on the internet and snagged this razor blade thingy (and the associated kit). And looked at the unopened package for a couple days. Eventually I opened it and… It took a few tries to get the hang of it but I did and this is the finished product. There are a few little issues but I think I’ll get them cleaned up.

Why did I name my stove Gertrude? Back when I was a little kid and we lived in a shabby little bungalow on Superior Street in Sault Ste. Siberia, The Commander had a comic taped up on the inside of the broom closet. Gertrude was the name of the comic and the main character. In this particular comic, she was reclined on top of an ironing board looking very tired. I have tried and tried to find that comic but no luck. I’m sure The Comm was tired sometimes when we were kids but I don’t ever remember her being ultra tired or depressed or anything. I was just a kid then but I always remember that comic as being funny.

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