What is that saying about good intentions? I have been meaning to post some kind of update here for two days now but have been ruthlessly foiled by life. Yesterday I awoke to standing water inside my refrigerator and up to a half inch of ice sitting on top of a couple of the margarine-tub sized containers on the top shelf. I rent, and our fridge is nothing if not a piece of … that I’m not in a financial position to replace, even if it didn’t belong to the apartment complex. So I called the landlord, grabbed an insulated cooler out of storage, and emptied it out.
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Today, the repair man arrived to fix the fridge, which involved removing everything to the cooler again, and emptying out the freezer as well. Again, I won’t pretend I didn’t need to clean out the freezer, but it wasn’t on my to-do list until spring. In addition to the fridge drama, we woke to a very cold apartment. The furnace had stopped working, again. Thankfully, my partner decided to work at home today so he could be here to help me juggle the repairs.
It turned out, that the problem with the fridge was a simple matter of a frozen drainage hose, but defrosting it took some amount of dismantling the back of the freezer compartment and allowing everything to defrost. The furnace was also fixed easily, but involved yet another “sail switch.” (they’ve replaced four this year)
I’m not sure if I can expect the fridge to last – I’m certainly not moving the storage container I place inside to catch the water until I’m sure. And we can probably count on this sail-switch working until late March or so. Ain’t that a kick in the rubber parts?
I’m planning to make Matar Paneer (Paneer and Peas) for dinner tonight, and tomorrow, it’s duck.
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