Nothing says "home" like the smell of fresh baked bread. Many years ago we owned a bread machine which we used all the time, and I mean all the time, so much so, after several years of hard labour, it finally gave up the ghost. However, we did not run out immediately to replace the machine, and over time, we just adapted to life without one. When I had the opportunity to win a bread machine during my office's annual United Way campaign, I thought why not? and threw a couple of tickets into the draw, and to my great surprise, won a Cuisinart Convection Bread Maker, like the one shown below. I'm one lucky girl! 
