Ray and I had a little kookyness pop up in our kitchen starting on Thursday evening. We had just finished making our dinner and were sitting in the dining room way Ray noticed that the microwave was turning itself on and off all by itself. It was almost like something was starting it and stopping it for us.

We knew that it was really just some sort of short in the microwave, but it was cool to consider the possibility that our house was haunted. Of course, we decided to unplug the thing so it would not start some sort of fire and burn the house to the ground. That would definitley be a bad thing.

Today, we went over to Sears to look for a new microwave to replace it. In all honesty, we couldn't complain about the one we had. I actually got it when I moved out on my own when I was 19 years old. That was 13 years ago so it was quite the deal. We decided that we wanted to try and get something by the same company.

We were able to do that. In fact, looking at it when I was switching the old one out for the new one, I think we actually bought the newer version of the one we had. What is really cool is that it was on sale and pretty cheap! They also upgraded and added to the features so this new one can do even more than the old one did. Probably the most important thing is that it still has the ever-important "popcorn button!" This one also has a softening feature so you can put things in it to soften up stuff like butter! That is really cool for when you are baking.

On a side note, I walked around and looked at the flat screen TVs while Ray was working with the sales representative to buy the microwave. It was really cool to see that the cost of the big screen TVs are coming down. We have a 62" projection screen TV. It works really well, but it would be pretty cool to upgrade to one of the flatscreens so we could save some space with the smaller case. It is not something that we have to do any time soon, though since the TV we have now, works fine. It just doesn't have the high definition capabilities of the new TV. It is definitely worth waiting a while for the prices to come down, though.