I should have known better

I once watched a UK version of wife swap that I thought was totally silly.  One of the women was in her 30′s.  She worked, had 3 kids and never deviated from her schedule.  I would say she was a bit OTT.  I cant remember what her husband did.  Probably did what he was told like all trained husbands should (yeh joke).  Anyway this woman cleaned her cooker oven every Friday night.  I remember thinking ye fuckin wit noo.  Clean the over, once a week on a Friday?  Pulling out her oven racks and scrubbing them till they gleamed?  Not my idea of a good time.  Okay, given my non existant social life I maybe should have thought it was a good idea but no.  So now I have a cooker that needs attention and 8 oven racks that have’t been cleaned in o I hate to think how long.  In my defence well, there is no defence actually.

Okay this afternoon I have been playing with cleaning options.  I will not scrub anything, sure that was part of my wedding vows.  I refuse to get that involved.  I dont use chemicals so oven cleaners are out.  I dont go with the theory that the self clean cycle will work either & that stinks.  The options are limited.  I do remember last time I cleaned them I put them in the bath overnight with dishwater salt and in the morning they required rinsing.  Think they maybe a bit beyond that.  I did also try finding an oven cleaning company in my area but honestly the shame of letting anyone see how dirty my 3 oven are just isnt for me.  So, will I ever manage to clean my ovens.  I’m sure I will but I will be kicking and screaming until its done.  And heaven help anyone around me if I break a finger nail.  Honestly I never thought I would reach the stage in life where I would worry about the state of ovens.  I’m off to see if I can locate the real Jacqui cos this one I’ve become is doing my nut in.

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