A moment of silence

For our 19 year old refrigerator.  Luckily I noticed it before everything in the freezer thawed. It was the the small turkey I got last weekend that was frozen that kept most of what was in the freezer frozen. 

Measured the how wide and deep the now dead fridge was, then headed out to Fridge and Washer City.  This time, I was in the market for one with the freezer on the bottom. Armed with measuring tape, and reading labels, I selected on that was exactly what I wanted.  I asked if it could be delivered today, as I had insulin and other medications in need of refrigeration (I put them in a small insulated lunch box, with some semi thawed ice packs to keep them cool).  Was told it could be, and they would take the old one.  Worked for me! Made the credit card temporarily smoke by paying for it.

Alan and I went home, and started offloading what was in the freezer into an 'esky' aka cooler. We packed everything we could around the turkey.  Then we went to the fridge.  Yuck.  The smell of things that went off combined to create a really nasty smell.  While we were cleaning that out, the new fridge arrived. We weren't done yet, so we busted out butts getting everything out, sorted, packed or tossed.

Talk about an intense 30 minute work out!  I am sore... Tramadol sore. This is the first time in months I have needed the prescription pain meds.

Wing said he would cook tonight. Gawd, I Love that man. He's also bringing home some 3M sticky tabs so we can re-hang the cooking utensils on the side of the fridge.

 

Did I mention I was sore?  Oh yeah, I did.

Wing is home

Very dopey, sore, and exhausted. I have put him to bed, and am betting he sleeps through the night. Helluva day. First scheduled surgery had a complication, and ended up taking much longer than it should have. That caused a chain reaction, making all the subsequent surgeries start later than scheduled.

Wing was (I think mostly due to apprehension) very short tempered and foul mouthed. It got to the point I told him he was no longer allowed to get on my case about me using 'bad words', and I started putting my hand over his mouth when a nurse walked by. This language wasn't because he was on drugs. That I would just chuckle at, and then ignore.

Waiting close to a half an hour for a cab to get home. Not good at all. But now, he is home, safely tucked in. Seeing as I have been up since 4:30, I'm quite sure I will be crashing soon, too.

Monday means massive deliveries

The vintage coffee percolator arrived. I gave it a test brew. Oh my. I think my toes curled at the results.

It brews wonderfully (sips again, and has Caffiengasm) but as it's an older vintage pot, it's not self timed. Once the water starts burbling, let it brew for 10 minutes or as long as needed until coffee strength is attained, and then unplug it.  I am using one of the other pots to keep it warm afterward.  :) (sips again and shudders) And it's HOT! Because this one doesn't have an automatic shut off timer, I don't think it will burn out because of being 'left on warm' over night by the last one up *cough coughhubbycough cough*

My order from "Catch of the Day" arrived. One thing surpassed my expectations, and one thing, the adjustable trolley was a disappointment and fell short. I guess as karma goes, it all averages out.

Ziggy has been enjoying Monday delivery, as every time, she gets a free cardboard toy with each one.

And, the humongous cat tower arrived today. The speed in which it was dispatched and delivered floored me.  And it came in an every bigger free cardboard toy for the cats. Hmmm, I think we will be donating a few of them to our archery club for target butts. Or there will be no room for us humans in here.