It’s 5 pm and the ice cream van has arrived in the village. I’ve not noticed it in years gone by but this one plays the zimmer theme from The Third Man which feels strange, especially as there is still a distinct chill in the air.
I’ve just finished two night shifts, and didn’t sleep much today, so it’s pottering time , with a slow pace , soup cooking, clothes washing, fire lighting and radio 4.
I’m mildly annoyed because my second best counselling jumper now has tomato stains down the front.
The man that delivered the fridge never bothered about such things
Oh I’ve bought a new fridge . My Ikea fridge freezer has died and isn’t repairable and shocked at the cost of a replacement, complete with fitting has meant I have bought a small table top fridge to more suit my needs.
My handsome chameleon is sat on it . The old fridge is now an ideal storage cupboard
Tonight , I’m revisiting the last two episodes of The Other Bennett Sister and apart from the lovely will-they-won’t - they relationship of Tom and Mary , I adored how the daughter/ surrogate Mother relationship worked out between Mary and her Aunt Gardner ( the sympathetic and generous Indira Varma ) quite lovely
Well done in getting to the pottering stage of two just past night shifts with little sleep in between.
ReplyDeleteHope the little fridge holds all you need it to and good idea to use the dead fridge for a pantry. We had a friend who used her dead fridge as a bookcase.
Fingers crossed that the tomato stain comes out!
Sweet dreams!
Hugs!
The washing machine is always busy
DeleteI'm a terrible sleeper, so those days when I'm really tired, I just potter, too. No point in forcing energy that isn't there!
ReplyDeleteI love the chameleon guarding your fridge. Using the old one for storage is a good idea. As for the tomato stain, I tend to try washing up liquid first for most stains.Or you could try Google, someone out there might have a magic formula! Time for the adult bib, John, says she, who is currently wearing a t-shirt with soy sauce on it. You'd think, by now we could find our own mouths, wouldn't you? 😉 xx
Chic Eleanor gave me a silver clip on a string which holds a napkin in place
DeleteHahaha, a dorm fridge! Do you not stock up or freeze extra portions? I just toured a house my friend is building and he showed me the spaces where he will have two enormous American fridges. And a giant professional stove. [they cook and entertain a lot]. My parents always had two large fridges plus a standalone freezer. Hard to imagine living w just a countertop fridge but a good compromise--for now?
ReplyDeleteI used to, I don’t now xx
DeleteWell, at least you're still getting some use out of the old fridge!
ReplyDeleteI know, it makes for a brilliant store
DeleteOh my, I understand the price problem with appliances these days especially frigs. And they no longer have much life . Bummer. Good luck for the little one. I have one as a spare overflow because I need space for fresh berries, etc. You’ll make it 👍🏻
ReplyDeleteI will indeed xx
DeleteI bought a new fridge freezer when I moved here, it's very small but big enough for me. When I ordered it online a message flashed up on the screen, warning me to double check the size. It suits me very well.
ReplyDeleteYes I like the smaller fridge , I buy less food
DeleteYour narrative is as confusing as a spy novel.
ReplyDeleteHow did your "second best counselling jumper" acquire tomato stains on the front?
"The man that delivered the fridge never bothered about such things". Que?
Anyway, stand by to regret your table top purchase. Far too small, and not energy effective.
Other than that enjoy the little April Showers and intermittent sun - Think Bambi.
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I will answer as best I can
Delete1. I dripped tomato soup all down my front
2. I was cleaning said front when he knocked on the door
3. You are probably right , but I’m not bothered
4 my favourite Disney song
Ursula is somewhat picky
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She’s ok now xx
DeleteHow is dear Mary? Please give us an update.
ReplyDeleteShe is home and sporting a new jumper c/o trendy carol …..she is asleep x
DeleteThank you John. Give Mary a hug from me and I will repeat "Trendy Carol is a star!"
DeleteOur extra storage is the dishwasher. Have only used it a couple of times in 20 years of living here
ReplyDelete10 not 20 but will likely be the same in 10 years
DeleteWhite goods never last nowadays in my fathers time everything was repaired ( he owned a electrical shop)
DeleteSo right
DeleteWow. Is that fridge enough for you? If so, what a great saver of space. I love that the other fridge will be storage. I had a friend who kept boxes of cereal in her oven. Otherwise, she would never get any use out of it. She was from Minnesota and said her Native American name was Cooks Without Heat.
ReplyDeleteMy mother stored the potato chips in the oven until she turned the oven on one Sunday without removing the potato chips. There was a brief mess involving fire and burnt up potato chips, and a relocation of future potato chips as mandated by my father.
DeleteHugs!
A quick wash in warm water with a little vinegar and baking soda might remove the tomato stain.
ReplyDeleteAlternatively, consider buying buy a new Spring jumper or short sleeve shirt with a button-down collar for Summer. The button-down collar keeps the entire collar straight.
The new fridge looks good and sounds like it will meet your needs. The old fridge as storage/pantry is brilliant.
My 40 year old dryer sort of crapped out but it can probably be repaired. Instead I saw a $29 aluminium clothes rack and have been using it for several weeks. It is working out well as I don’t have a lot of laundry anymore. My fridge ia a very old SubZero and the fridge part needed $2000. In repairs a couple of years ago but I really like it and hope it hangs on longer than me. Get yourself another work jumper and if the stain doesn’t come out, use it when you are cooking.. Gigi
ReplyDeletealso in my *new* life....I understand that. I have a full sized fridge still (but not much in it)...but I did have our landlord remove our dishwasher (I detest them) and that is now a 2 tiered storage cabinet! Win/win!
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Cute Fridge- just right to hold milk and a sandwich. Biscuits kept in the old fridge? What else is needed?
ReplyDeletethis is quite clever of you to use it so.
ReplyDeleteThat looks like a '6 Scotch Egg' size fridge. Little room for all your Champagne.
ReplyDeleteI was expecting a fridge magnet. Your chameleon is fabulous!
ReplyDeleteI also use my undercounter fridge for storage. It is a place no one ever looks. My other clever hiding place when the kids were young was to keep chocolate in the vegetable drawer which they never opened.
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I have the twin of your chameleon. thinking of putting it on top of my fridge. Will have to dust it first (the top of the fridge) and hope he (his name is Colin) doesn't suffer from vertigo.
ReplyDeleteMine is called Colin too
DeleteMust be clones!
DeleteSorry, anonymous is Northriding
ReplyDeleteI use a soaking bucket for tricky stains but I try not to eat tomatoey rich dishes wearing good clothes just in case of spillage. I use my dishwasher twice a week and in between times for storage of all washing up to do. Then the kitchen looks neater.
ReplyDeleteI have to watch this movie; everyone says good things about it. And I love Indira Varma in almost everything.
ReplyDeleteRest, try to get some sleep tonight. Those overnight shifts would wipe most of us out. You have seen the size of American refrigerators, and they have gotten larger over the past 30 years. We had a countertop one in the upstairs office in the house in Lexington, to keep cold drinks in.
ReplyDeleteI’ll definitely be rewatching the whole series of The Other Bennet Sister …….especially as we binged watched most of it , best thing on the telly for a while. I do like a new fridge.
ReplyDeleteAlison in Devon x
That fridge would be too small for me. Where do you keep frozen stuff? Hope you get some sleep, John.
ReplyDeleteYour new fridge makes me feel foolish in that I have a huge one, always packed with stuff. Mostly condiments which I can't even find because there are so many.
ReplyDeleteAlso, for some stupid reason I think I have a fear of not having enough food. I don't know why. I've never gone hungry in my life.
My husband is the same as you and yet I am the one raised in a family where food was scarce. He was raised on a farm and they always had lots of food and often fed others less fortunate. It doesn't bother me at all if the fridge and or pantry gets low. Very strange and interesting.
DeleteI could never live with that frig... Living in the US .. that frig would never work for me.. Unless maybe i was a college student in a dorm... If you can make that work kudos to you John.. Hugs! deb
ReplyDeleteWell, I think a new fridge is pretty big news, with or without a chameleon! It would be around here, anyway.
ReplyDelete"The zimmer theme from The Third Man" puzzled me for a while. I now wonder, could you have meant the zither theme?
ReplyDeletePS: Not having a snipe. Amused by the suspicion that your nursing experience has leaked in to your Harry Lime memories.
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