Before we ever left for Vancouver we
ran into a little freezer snafu. I had been gradually cooking up dinners
and freezing them in large zip loc bags to pack for the trip. We planned
to feast on sloppy joe's, turkey (that was the only meal not frozen), chicken
cacciatore, and leftover mostaccioli from Eddie's grad party that had been in
the freezer since June. I also whipped up enough additional servings to
feed the male family members who would be home for a few days before flying out
to join us.
One
night while I was making dinner, I noticed water dripping out of the freezer
every time I opened it. As with most debacles, I blamed Tank.
(group moan: 'oh, poor Tank'). I suspected that when he returned
from landscaping in the heat he emptied his cooler, rinsed his freezer packs in
the sink, and then stuck them in the freezer.
Me:
'Tank your freezer packs are still dripping with water. Next time dry
them off.'
Tank:
'Sure' - he responds this way for most things just to get me to stop
talking to him. Yes, you are right to assume that this can be very
irritating. Silly me. Once he paid attention to what I suspected
him of, he was like 'I didn't rinse my freezer packs off.'
After
dinner, I got out ice cream. It was Lad's 21st birthday and the kids were
eating cake, but I celebrate with ice cream. The spoon plunged deep into
the ice cream way too easily. Oh shit.
Our
freezer was defrosting. My to-do list was lengthy so I was frustrated
that I now had to clear out the freezer in a hurry. I tossed some
stuff. I set stuff that didn't have to stay frozen aside like Nestles
chocolate chip morsels. I loaded laundry baskets with food and ran down
to the basement to see what I could fit in that freezer. The answer:
not much!
6 comments:
Oh dear! I hope this ends well but I have a feeling it didn't.
If a good ending to you means - hey, at least your freezer got cleaned out, then yes - it ended well. Really, the defrosting remains a mystery. Another freezer incident happened while we were away though . . .
I look forward to the remainder of the story!
As usual it is quite unexpected.
Oh no. This is a debacle and I'm glad Tank was innocent!!
Ha. You are being generous. I doubt highly that Tank is innocent. He might claim that, but one can not be sure.
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