Archive for the ‘Appliances’ Category

I guess marketing works. When we were purchasing all of our appliances in Puerto Rico we didn’t know where to go to buy them. Our biggest concern was how unreliable a warranty might be if we bought off a small local business. After a bunch of years down here, that is the only way to [...]

Today was a great day. These three photos are from today. We have three mango trees planted on the property that may one day grow us delicious mangos like this one. The mature mango trees we have are all ‘con fibre’ which are really stringy. This will be the fourth pineapple we have grown in [...]

Rincon gets hot in the summer, and although the upstairs of our house is quite nice regardless of the temperature outside, our offices downstairs needed Air Conditioning. So, sweating it out in front of my computer I started researching what brand I should buy as well as where I could buy split unit Air Conditioner [...]

I think I may need to purchase a Hazmat Suit to cook. Last night, I was defrosting a bunch of chicken breasts in the microwave, and the weirdest thing happened. I opened the door to check on the chicken and the microwave didn’t turn off! It didn’t really hit me at first, but when I [...]

My dad hooked up the tankless hot water heater he brought down and it is SO nice to have a hot shower again! It’s easy to think, “Why do you even need hot water? Puerto Rico is already so hot, it probably is nice to take a cold shower!” Well, cold showers got old real [...]

Summer and I bought all of our appliances at Sears. They offered a great discount for first time Sears Credit Card holders (24% APR) along with a preexisting sale so we pulled the trigger on everything we needed; washer, dryer, refrigerator, oven, dishwasher, exhaust van and microwave. Everything we ordered we had delivered…all of which [...]

Theoretically, it seems more logical to me to spend money on energy efficient and gas powered appliances now rather than have astronomical electric bills down the line once we are settled in. Every appliance we have purchased has either been an energy efficient appliance or an appliance powered by propane. I really wanted to have [...]

Today Stefan and I went to Sears and picked out our appliances for the kitchen. We went with the Kenmore Elite line in stainless steel and bought our refridgerator, stove, microwave/hood and dishwasher. We really were trying to NOT go with stainless steel, but the only stove that Stefan wanted only came in stainless, sooooooo….Cie [...]

Today, Gino was going to finish up the tile work in the guest bath. Unfortunately, when the drywall was put in around the sink area, instead of moving one of the pipes…the guys just screwed the greenboard in over the pipe causing it to bubble out. If we had done regular tile instead of butt [...]