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applesauce…

18 Tuesday Oct 2022

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my neighbour brought over a container of chili and asked if I would like more apples…

a month ago they had given me a large bowl full and I made applesauce…

I used small baggies in a muffin tin and it worked well…

this time, I put the sauce directly into the tins, put them in the freezer, and when they were frozen, packaged and popped them back into the freezer…

they were a little difficult to remove from the cold metal, but this will save excess plastic and also take up less space…

freezer…

29 Sunday Nov 2020

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yesterday, I had two deliveries…

the first was from La Belle Baguette and included croissants, butter tarts and sourdough bread… I was hoping for scones, but they aren’t baking those just now…

I am so happy that they are doing deliveries on Fridays and Saturdays now that we have been shut down again… I shared the croissants and enjoyed my chocolate one… it was delicious, as always…

I had other things planned for dinner, but decided on a grilled cheese with onion and bacon… yum… the rest of that loaf will be cut up for stuffing and popped into the freezer…

the butter tarts were put into the freezer, either as a treat for me, or something to have should anyone drop anything off and I want to send something home with them…

a bit later in the day, my groceries from Save-On-Foods arrived… these days it takes four or five days for delivery and more items are out of stock… but, nearly everything gets here…

I am blessed to have these options available… and happy to do a bit of local purchasing where I can…

outcome…

05 Thursday Nov 2020

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got close up and cozy with the fridge freezer this morning… my technique is to use my bathroom stool to sit in front of the fridge while the freezer door is open…

was chilly work, but put like things together and in containers… was a bit surprised with how many little freezer packs I have ;-)…

pleased with the outcome and hopeful that I will remember what went into each of the containers, lol…

frozen…

01 Monday May 2017

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or not…

Saturday was a good day… up at a reasonable time… made a lovely breakfast… I tend to have eggs on the weekend… 

got some laundry done… even scrubbed down the top of the stove… sure do miss George for some jobs and scrubbing is one of them… my arms are wussy but he had strong hands and arms… when he scrubbed a pot it was completely shiny when he was done;-)…

had a break and sat outside and read for a bit… texted with my daughter to see if they were coming for dinner on Sunday and when she advised they were, I headed down to the freezer to pull something out to thaw…

that is when the day took a turn… everything was thawed… as in not frozen, not even cold… bad… it smelled bad and all of it was bad…

my daughter and grandson came over and he – who has a strong stomach and weak nose – unlike his mother and grandmother – took out five bags to the garbage…

then he hosed down and rinsed out the freezer a few times and moved the – now very heavy and completely full – garbage can to the back of the yard… of course Friday was garbage day, so the disgusting smell will be around all week… likely we will need to put some bleach in it for a few days after it gets dumped to get rid of the odour…

so, here’s my freezer today…

waiting to be picked up and taken to the scrap yard…

starting to research a replacement… should I get another chest freezer or go for an upright one…

decisions, decisions…

dark…

18 Monday Aug 2014

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this morning the sky was overcast and I had to turn on lights… when I arrived at the office it was very misty from Empty Full…

IMG_7342.JPGwas expecting a call around 11:30 but it came at 8:45 so I had to rush home and let the people in who were coming to extract the freezer… I had expected they would be removing the freon and then cutting it into pieces to get it out of the basement… amazingly they were able to take off the lid and the door and get it through the doorway and up the stairs…

IMG_7344.JPGand then they agreed to take the fridge which was to be picked up on Thursday… I was so happy to have it all done at once as I have many other things to get done this week…

IMG_7343.JPGthere was a huge rainstorm this afternoon which filled up a large container that had been empty this morning… some water in the basement but not bad…

IMG_7345.JPGhad a wonderful evening with my ReImagining friends… great meal and conversation…

IMG_7346.JPGhoping tomorrow will be brighter…

gratitude…

14 Thursday Aug 2014

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the sky was lovely this morning as I drove to work… there were soft clouds across the sky which blurred the sun…

I got great pictures of beautiful roses with my phone and camera… I do love to take pictures of flowers…

IMG_7232.JPGon my way home I had to stop at Dairy Queen for a Blizzard… it was only to help the kids at Children’s Hospital, lol…

IMG_7238.JPGemptied the basement fridge freezer and put the garbage out for tomorrow’s pick up… excited to have the fridge and freezer down there removed by Hydro… they come on Monday to deal with the big freezer and Thursday for the fridge… already have some boxes down there for give away items and garbage…

I really have so much to be grateful for…

appliances…

02 Saturday Aug 2014

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appliances, big girl pants, declutter, freezer, pond, tv marathon

checked the pond this morning and some of the string algae is gone…

sadly, the plants that got the powder on them are covered with big black marks… think the powder burned them…. good news is that the fish are all fine…

20140802-192959-70199721.jpgoutside for a while this morning, came in, and have been watching a Criminal Minds marathon ever since…

had tiny new potatoes, beans, and peas along with a brie and apple stuffed chicken for my dinner…

20140802-193036-70236896.jpgtested the old full size freezer this afternoon to make sure it would still run… I’ve been trying to get rid of it for a couple of years but haven’t been able to find anyone to come and take out the freon and then cut it up… when we redid the basement we knew it wouldn’t come out in one piece, lol… I contacted Hydro last week to have them come and remove an old fridge and asked for a referral at which time they advised that they could do it, as long as the freezer still worked…

I am very happy as this will make space to store things I still want to keep and hopefully em>encourage me to do some more decluttering…

wish me luck, lol…

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