and failed.
Fortunately.
Once again I almost drowned the Saki electric kettle, my favorite, (though you’d never know it by the way I treat it), appliance in the kitchen. I give it a vinegar bath every so often, when the water starts to taste of something. Water shouldn’t have a taste of anything, so when it does, I boil a cup of vinegar in with the water, discard, wipe out the kettle, and refill with water.
Lovely. I forgot to put a yellow microfiber cloth under the spout, however. You see, when it boils, it has a tendency to spit water out of the spout, especially when it’s been over filled, as it may have been this time. So, when I came back to it, an hour, or so later, as I had been creating the amazing coat rack, (see prior post), the readout on the kettle was looking rather wonky. When I tried to change the setting, it didn’t respond.
That’s when I noticed it sitting in a small pond of vinegar water, which had also run under the cutting board, and was pooling there also. Needless to say, I quickly found the cloth, tried to blot everything dry, ran and got my hairdryer, and started to dry the control coil on the base.
Nope. That didn’t help. I messed around with trying to make sure everything was dry, wiping around what I believe is called a thermocoil, you know, the heating element on the base of the kettle. That didn’t work either.
I gave up. Of course I said multiple prayers, and promise the Lord all kinds of nonsense, but He listened anyway.
I left it on the counter, overnight, unplugged, and now, the kettle is full of water as I type this, and is coming to the boil. Thank you Lord. Again.
Until next time, stay happy, and loving the Lord.
