Cold and Dry

Well today was a very "interesting" day for us!! We started off the day as usual, a run/walk for Mom (to keep her sanity throughout the day) - some fun in the park for the girls. We made a trip to the orphanage from 10 - 2 and then had to be back at the townhouse to have someone look at our refrigerator (again)!!

Ever since we moved in - our refrigerator has been a little troublesome. It would occasionally make a very loud motoring noise - which I think now, looking back, that meant it was actually working. If you gave a little kick or punch to the front of the refrigerator, the noise would stop. So that's how we functioned.......loud obnoxious noise, strong kick, quiet again....repeat....repeat....repeat. Until about 3 days ago I realized there were no more noises and no need for kicking. Then I also noticed that my ice wasn't freezing, my milk went bad and all the meat I had frozen was thawed!! So immediately I asked our manager, Giovonne - HELP!! He came with an assistant, checked it out for awhile and told me he would be back the next day at 2:00 - which is today. His goal was to look at the refrigerator again and hopefully, this time fix the problem.

I was home by 2:00 and kept my driver - Herman (don't you just love that name) around to help me communicate with Giovonne - his English is non-existent and my Spanish vocabulary doesn't include "frozen" "loud rumbling noise" or "all my meat has gone bad" - well, actually I think I can say the last one. So Herman talked to Giovonne and explained that "no, coming back tomorrow and bringing a different guy to look at it would NOT work" - thank you Herman - So we had to go to the vacant apartments - find a refrigerator I liked and one that worked and then we moved it down a long road to my townhouse!! I am NOT kidding!!

We plugged it in...moved the existing foul smelling food into the new fridge and put all my pictures back up and we were in business. Lucie took one look at it and said "wow Mom, it has a light when you open the door!!!" Obviously, our first one didn't because it was a piece of crap!! Am I allowed to say "crap" on a blog? Anyway, we are in business.

Another major change in our lives today....a new shower curtain. When my husband was here we had to buy two shower curtains for the bathrooms - little did we know they were made of paper and hung from the top of the shower to the middle of the shower - basically to your knees. So when you get out of the shower - you step into a puddle of water in the bathroom that just about dries up when you are ready to take your second shower of the day in the evening. Nasty - wet and gross!! I have been to three stores and no shower curtains to be found. My friend Leigh Ellen said "hey, I have an extra one that might work" so I put it in MY shower today - it hangs to the floor - YES, HANGS TO THE FLOOR and I am so happy about it!!! No more wet floor - no more soggy feet - thank you Leigh Ellen!!

So I am dry (at least for 5 minutes after getting out of the shower) and my food is cold and frozen, when applicable - I have had an AWESOME DAY!!!

Love and Blessings to you all!!!