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What can you do when your oven goes out and you are having a dinner party

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with Hamm Homes

My mom birthday would of been yesterday and I was holding a dinner party with friends for her.  What could of gone wrong.  The oven when out on Friday night, I called a repair company first thing on Saturday morning.  He got here by 9:30, took the oven apart and after 30 minutes he said the oven to order a new mother board would be $409 and would not have it till Monday.  

Well my mother would always say to come up with a new plan.

Option one: would be to call out for Italian food for 8 people.

Option two:  cancel the dinner party for a couple of weeks.

Option three:  the stop top was still working so instead of homemade Lasagna, do up spaghetti instead.

Option four:  instead of Peach Cobbler, make a peanut butter pie and a cherry cheesecake both do not need to be bakes.

The dinner party when on and they all enjoyed to food.

 

 

 

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Gloria Todor
Premier Property Sales & Rentals - Springfield, PA
& Doug Durren (484) 431-3686 in SE PA

Will, so you made lasagna and a cheese cake??

Aug 09, 2026 11:07 AM
Lawrence & Sheila Agranoff
Charles Rutenberg Realty 255 Executive Dr, Plainview NY 11803 - crrli.com. We are Lic. Assoc. Broker/Lic. RE Salesperson - Plainview, NY
Listing & Selling Long Island Real Estate

I knew on the spur of the moment you would come up with a creative meal Will!

Aug 09, 2026 12:41 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Retired Home Stager/Redesign

Wow, Will! That was resourceful!!!!  But it sounds like something you could handle. I've never had my oven or stove top go out when having guests over. Good for you for switching gears and using the stove top. 

Aug 09, 2026 06:46 PM
Abby Stiller
TOP SELLING REALTY - Cape Coral, FL
SW Florida (239) 284-8637

Oh no, Will Hamm  What a situation! I’m so happy you were able to figure everything out and still have the party for your mom. Happy birthday to her! 

Aug 09, 2026 08:25 PM
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Apex Realtors, LLC ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
Educating. Encouraging. Serving.

Good evening Will Hamm ,

There is always a new plan to be created and you dis that! I'm assuming you made spaghetti and made a peanut butter pie and a cherry cheesecake!

Aug 09, 2026 08:32 PM
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Real Estate Broker

Good morning, Will... there's always more than one way to skin that proverbial cat! Not that I would skin any cat, myself.

Aug 10, 2026 04:46 AM
Gwen Fowler SC Lakes & Mountains 864-710-4518
Gwen Fowler Real Estate, Inc - Walhalla, SC
Gwen Fowler Real Estate, Inc.

It's summer, so cook on the grill--fresh corn to Mexican street corn, fresh herbs to make Toubouli salad, and so forth.  Your mother was correct; glad things went according to plan.  Happy Birthday to your MOM.

Aug 10, 2026 04:50 AM
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

It's crazy how expensive stove parts/installation is. I'm glad you came up with a backup plan (and not surprised you did!)

Aug 10, 2026 05:29 AM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Good Monday morning, Will. Unexpected challenges often require some quick thinking.

Aug 10, 2026 06:23 AM
Brian England
Ambrose Realty Management LLC - Gilbert, AZ
MBA, GRI, REALTOR® Real Estate in East Valley AZ

I like how you explored the options and ended up with the best option that worked for you and your family, and it was a wonderful time!!!

Aug 10, 2026 08:43 AM
Debra Leisek
Bay Realty,Inc Homer Alaska - Homer, AK

Sounds like you made the right choice and a wonderful dinner!! Plusw Dessert!

Remember when a new stove was $250 dollars and lasted 30 years??? Thise were the good old days!

Aug 11, 2026 12:37 AM