First party, DONE! But wait, my oven's broken...

This past Saturday was the official debut of the new casa in Greektown Baltimore to most of my friends that hadn't seen it. (Don't worry, it wasn't the official house warming if you didn't get a chance to make it!)

There was a lot of prep work to do, as I hadn't cleaned in weeks! And then of course there were the last minute things like replacing light bulbs, old drapes with new paper blinds (until I can figure out window treatments), moving boxes into storage and more.

Finally at 7pm everything was done, and the guests started to arrive.

At this point I was totally nervous. Was there going to be enough parking? Were people going to be able to find the house? Were my neighbors going to complain? Did we have enough beer? All of this was running through my mind.

Luckily the night escaped without any major problems... oh wait, I forgot to mention the fact that Louie broke my stove.

Apparently new gas ranges require electricity for the electronic ignition to light the gas. Since I had two refrigerators, lights and more going in the kitchen, when the oven was turned on to pre-heat the breaker tripped. No biggie. I flipped the breaker and all should be fine, right? Nope. If the oven is ever on during a power outage the stove shuts itself off to prevent gas leaks - neat. Once power is restored the "glow bar" needs to warm before the oven will allow the gas to flow and the oven to heat above 100 degrees.

Well short story long, the "glow bar" isn't lighting, which in turn means the oven doesn't work. I've searched all over the Internet trying to find a way to fix it with no luck. I was on the phone with GE last night for an hour and a half but was disconnected. Hopefully they'll respond to my email.

If anyone has any ideas please hit me up!