The Busy-ness of a Falb week
Monday and Tuesday all I was able to accomplish was laundry, change diapers, take Addison to the potty, laundry, change diapers, take Addison to the potty, feed children, laundry, laundry, and more laundry....whew..glad we were able to get that out of the way. As much as I complain about laundry I am thankful for a washing machine and dryer. It wasn't so long ago we were using contraptions that weren't so advanced or just went around smelling....hmmm after that thought I'm glad I did laundry for 2 straight days :o)
Nate and I have started walking at the Kinney Walking Track in Wooster with the girls on our 'free' nights which end up being Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. It's a wonderful trail with just enough hills and valleys and trees and breeze to make it worth it.
Thursday morning we found our freezer to be full YET AGAIN of thawed meat...lots of thawed meat!! This caused for a very..no, extremely...no, better yet indefinably angry mama!!! When we moved to our farmhouse, we knew we would have to buy a refrigerator, oven/stove, and microwave. After much browsing and budgeting, we decided to go with some decent 'scratch n dents'. We were very successful in the oven/stove and microwave areas. On to the frige....we continued to look and finally found a matching bisque-colored refrigerator. woohoo!!! We got it, took it home and noticed that even though it was super cold in the store, the frige side was not cooling down enough. I called the store back and after the rigamarole of a week of them "having a part, but not having a guy able to come fix it" they decided that they "the part they were now waiting on to arrive was not going to be able to get here in time". Some more big GRRRRSSSSS from me. I asked for my money back and they said they would just come to our house get the broken one and give us a new one. Okay, I was fine with this ( I guess I had to be)...I went down to the store (an hour away) to make sure before they hauled it up to my house the next day, it truly was a frige I would want in my house ( I really didn't trust these people). It was fine. New frige here. Everything hunky-dory!! Move on to vacation. Before we left, we started smelling something 'funny' but couldn't find the answer...the answer...THE ANSWER????? Nate calls me on vacation, "honey, our freezer stopped working....a whole freezer of beef and chicken compeletly thawed and smelling to high heavens!!! He thinks he has it 'fixed'. He leaves for vacation. We get home from vacation. Freezer seems cold. I go to store and restock freezer with frozen materials. Now we are to present time: Thursday morning: FREEZER THAWED with ICE frosted all on its back!!!!! I call the manager, irate! using my oh-so-professional-yet-very-angry-I-could-bite-your-head-off voice and explain the situation. I tell them I want this piece of junk out of my house today with my money back plus money for my 2 freezers full of thawed meat and I will not take NO for an answer. They came and fixed it today, Friday mid-morning. Moral to my long and boring story: DO NOT BUY A USED REFRIGERATOR...it will more than likely cause you much anxiety and nausea as well as cost you lots of money that you do not have :o)
Nate and I have started walking at the Kinney Walking Track in Wooster with the girls on our 'free' nights which end up being Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday. It's a wonderful trail with just enough hills and valleys and trees and breeze to make it worth it.Wednesday, the girls and I went to Dad and Mom's for a funeral. My high school history teacher had a massive heart attack at age 50 and passed away. He was not only a wonderful instructor, but an amazing friend. He attended Nate and I's wedding reception and always took time to chat with us when we were in town. He will surely be missed by me... and his young family.
Thursday morning we found our freezer to be full YET AGAIN of thawed meat...lots of thawed meat!! This caused for a very..no, extremely...no, better yet indefinably angry mama!!! When we moved to our farmhouse, we knew we would have to buy a refrigerator, oven/stove, and microwave. After much browsing and budgeting, we decided to go with some decent 'scratch n dents'. We were very successful in the oven/stove and microwave areas. On to the frige....we continued to look and finally found a matching bisque-colored refrigerator. woohoo!!! We got it, took it home and noticed that even though it was super cold in the store, the frige side was not cooling down enough. I called the store back and after the rigamarole of a week of them "having a part, but not having a guy able to come fix it" they decided that they "the part they were now waiting on to arrive was not going to be able to get here in time". Some more big GRRRRSSSSS from me. I asked for my money back and they said they would just come to our house get the broken one and give us a new one. Okay, I was fine with this ( I guess I had to be)...I went down to the store (an hour away) to make sure before they hauled it up to my house the next day, it truly was a frige I would want in my house ( I really didn't trust these people). It was fine. New frige here. Everything hunky-dory!! Move on to vacation. Before we left, we started smelling something 'funny' but couldn't find the answer...the answer...THE ANSWER????? Nate calls me on vacation, "honey, our freezer stopped working....a whole freezer of beef and chicken compeletly thawed and smelling to high heavens!!! He thinks he has it 'fixed'. He leaves for vacation. We get home from vacation. Freezer seems cold. I go to store and restock freezer with frozen materials. Now we are to present time: Thursday morning: FREEZER THAWED with ICE frosted all on its back!!!!! I call the manager, irate! using my oh-so-professional-yet-very-angry-I-could-bite-your-head-off voice and explain the situation. I tell them I want this piece of junk out of my house today with my money back plus money for my 2 freezers full of thawed meat and I will not take NO for an answer. They came and fixed it today, Friday mid-morning. Moral to my long and boring story: DO NOT BUY A USED REFRIGERATOR...it will more than likely cause you much anxiety and nausea as well as cost you lots of money that you do not have :o)Today we are relaxing and trying to keep the house in shape for the weekend. We've weeded the garden, got some veggies from it (which Addison thinks is the most fun thing to do!!), played with our kitties ( washed our hands), played sidewalk chalk, and even went to DQ for an icecream run!! whew.....Now it's a napping house where everyone is napping...except for a mama who's catching up online :o)
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