This house hates me
Feb. 12th, 2018 12:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
selenayI'm really hoping things in this house come in threes, because the third thing to break this year has now happened and I need things to stop breaking. We can't keep pouring money into this damn house when we're selling it in a few months!
The soffit that came down in a storm has been fixed and the window that suddenly cracked (inner pane of a double-glazed unit, so it's still weather-tight) is being measured for repairs on Friday.
So yesterday the freezer stopped making things cold.
I've got a big upright freezer because when mum was picking out a fridge for the kitchen, the one she liked has a freezer that's barely big enough for two small tubs of soup and a loaf of bread. To stop me living off eggs and toast, I like to cook food and freeze it in single portions that I can defrost and quickly reheat later. There's really no point to making a chili or a stew for one or two portions, and that's all I could do if I had no freezer space. So my upright freezer usually has portions of various things, plus bread (homemade bread goes stale fast, so the only way to handle that is to slice and freeze it) and whatever other odds and ends of baking I couldn't eat in one go and opted to portion up for freezing.
It's not that my entire life is ruled by having freezer space, but I'll be eating a lot more eggs on toast and a lot less homemade healthy meals without my freezer. Even storing the ingredients for home made meals without a freezer will be hard: most stuff is sold in such huge quantities that I have to freeze a lot of it (meat etc.) and I'm not exactly in a location where I can 'pop to the shops' to pick up food every couple of days, even if food was sold in small enough quantities for that to be feasible.
I've transferred what I can to the tiny freezer and I'm going to see if a neighbour can take some of the rest for a few days. I'm resigned to losing a fair bit. I'm prioritising the homemade stuff - anything that was bought from a supermarket can be ditched if I have to, because it's easier to replace than the homemade stuff.
The earliest repair date I could get is Thursday. Mum has authorised me to spend up to $200 on repairs, so if it's more than that, I'll have to make do without a freezer for the final few months here.
If we can't (or mum won't let me) repair the freezer, I predict a diet focused around eggs, eggs, and eggs for the next few months *sigh* And probably spending a lot more on food, because I'll be throwing more away and/or buying super-expensive small portions of things frequently.
The soffit that came down in a storm has been fixed and the window that suddenly cracked (inner pane of a double-glazed unit, so it's still weather-tight) is being measured for repairs on Friday.
So yesterday the freezer stopped making things cold.
I've got a big upright freezer because when mum was picking out a fridge for the kitchen, the one she liked has a freezer that's barely big enough for two small tubs of soup and a loaf of bread. To stop me living off eggs and toast, I like to cook food and freeze it in single portions that I can defrost and quickly reheat later. There's really no point to making a chili or a stew for one or two portions, and that's all I could do if I had no freezer space. So my upright freezer usually has portions of various things, plus bread (homemade bread goes stale fast, so the only way to handle that is to slice and freeze it) and whatever other odds and ends of baking I couldn't eat in one go and opted to portion up for freezing.
It's not that my entire life is ruled by having freezer space, but I'll be eating a lot more eggs on toast and a lot less homemade healthy meals without my freezer. Even storing the ingredients for home made meals without a freezer will be hard: most stuff is sold in such huge quantities that I have to freeze a lot of it (meat etc.) and I'm not exactly in a location where I can 'pop to the shops' to pick up food every couple of days, even if food was sold in small enough quantities for that to be feasible.
I've transferred what I can to the tiny freezer and I'm going to see if a neighbour can take some of the rest for a few days. I'm resigned to losing a fair bit. I'm prioritising the homemade stuff - anything that was bought from a supermarket can be ditched if I have to, because it's easier to replace than the homemade stuff.
The earliest repair date I could get is Thursday. Mum has authorised me to spend up to $200 on repairs, so if it's more than that, I'll have to make do without a freezer for the final few months here.
If we can't (or mum won't let me) repair the freezer, I predict a diet focused around eggs, eggs, and eggs for the next few months *sigh* And probably spending a lot more on food, because I'll be throwing more away and/or buying super-expensive small portions of things frequently.
