now we're cooking......

daddy got himself a new grill.

not by choice.

ok, here's how it went down.

a few weeks back, while grilling, the hub noticed that the flames were a little higher than normal.

so, like every good man does...he investigated.

sure enough, our less than 2 year old grill had rusted out burners.

he makes call number one to Costco.

the gentlemen on the other end said, "here's a 1-800#, you can order yourself new parts."

that of course, irritated me.

why?

well, why do we buy things from Costco?

for their great reputation for standing behind their products-of course.

but whatever. just my thought.

so we waited.

and grilled some more.

and burned more food.

and more....

until last week.

i was cooking ribs, which are greasy anyways but again, whatever.

thankfully, the hub came home so i was off the hook to finish up dinner.

love that.

while i was out in the yard....(he cooks, i garden, everyone wins)

i hear him yell.

i look up to see flames engulfing the grill and my hub attempting to pull the burning grill away from the house!

he quickly pulled it away and put out the fire while i ran inside for the fire extenquiser.

the hair on his arms was cinged but no burns.

the side of our house, black marks all the way up the side.

thankfully, no one was hurt. no tank blew up.

and we ate pizza for dinner.

unfortunately our grill didn't have such a happy ending.

after a quick phone call to Norm over at Costco, we got ourselves a new grill.

PLUS, they gave us the difference in price so now mama has herself a new grill AND some store credit. maybe i'll get a new awning for my patio after all!

and this is why we shop Costco!!!!