Setting up a new toaster oven should not under any circumstances require the following ingredients:
1) A plastic spoon
2) Four paper towels
3) All ten fingernails
4) Frequent misting of household chemicals
5) 28 minutes
This goes double when above tools are necessary to forcibly remove a colorful, life-sized sticker whose only purpose is to tout the same product perks bragged about on the garishly-decorated box.
And yet…
6 minutes into the procedure
After a thorough de-stickering. Note the cat in the reflection. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, he is sitting on my back. Never bend to take a picture in our household lest you become sat upon by random animals.
Cat: I see what you are doing there.
Sorry, couldn’t resist. Got to love when your pets use a situation to their advantage. “OH look! This bridge wasn’t here before.”
I swear, I’ll stop.
And that’s why you’re gonna get published. 🙂
I feel your pain! Goo Gone’s good…and sometimes a hair-dryer will help with a stubborn sticker.
Your cat’s quick to take advantage of a situation, isn’t he? 🙂
It’s like having to pry off 4 square feet of molded plastic to get to a tiny sd card.
@Soleil – Don’t stop! It’s amusing. 😀
@Pam – Because I don’t like adhesive? Yeah, I always thought that was a big factor in the publishing game… 😉
@Wil – I totally forgot about the hair dryer thing! Next time. Thanks for reminding me.
@Amy – No kidding! I hate that molded plastic stuff.
Ha! I hate stickers on plastic and glass. Yikes..
Woman triumphs over toaster oven! With only 10 fingernails as casualties.
Assembly is horrid, but I have had one “Aha!” moment while setting up an appliance. When I was setting up my new coffeemaker, I learned from its instruction manual just what had killed my previous one: my town’s scary water. Apparently if you have hard water, sometimes you need to “descale” your coffeemaker. Um, ew?
Love the cat in the pic!
where’s the cat? is this like a “where’s waldo?” type of thing? did i mention i need a new prescription?
well then. have a very merry and jolly holiday!
Your new blog is gorgeous! And the website too!
How I hate those stubborn labels. The trick I learned from my mum is to remove them with lighter fuel, that’s cigarette lighter fuel. It works a treat, but the fumes are, well, fumey. Next time I will try Windolene, the UK version of Windex, which is easier on the nose. 🙂
@Keri – With all the people who are so clearly annoyed by it, you’d think they wouldn’t do it anymore, wouldn’t you?
@Stacy – LOL! As for ‘descaling’, gee, <i>that</i> sounds like a fun process. Bet you were glad to learn that that’s necessary!
@Virginia – Check your email!
@Mary – Thanks! It took a while to put together, but I’ve been happy with it so far. Oh, and I like the name Windolene much better than Windex. It’s got a nice ring to it.