I'm takin' a break! Actually, I took a long break earlier (and drawing up my garden plans during that time!), after getting all of the "stuff" out of the way, for those guys delivering my new freezer! I got it out of the way downstairs a couple of days ago, and removed the old door for them, to save them a little work. They were apologizing for being late, but I told them no problem - I knew all that snow would slow them down all day, and I'm not going anywhere! When they got here, and I took them down to see what they were in for, one of them, when he saw my range, blurted out "holy s***!", then immediately apologized for saying it. I said "Aren't you glad you aren't moving that today?" And the other guy said "We don't do those!" After they asked me a bunch of things about it (the one that surprised them most was when I told them it was 37 years old), we went down, and I showed them what they were in for!
They had a hard time getting the old one out, but eventually got it. The new one went in easier, as it is about 6" shorter, though width and depth were almost identical. Found out that both of them like hot peppers, when they saw all those jars of hot peppers from the shelf I had moved out of the way, and found out one of them had even tried the Reaper - last time for him too! The other had only gotten to the ghost peppers.
I made it worth their while with a decent tip for both of them, and we started talking more about food when they saw all those jars on my counter - the 60+ jars that I had to remove from that shelf in the kitchen, to get it out of their way. The one guy recognized some of the lentils, and said that he once dated an Indian lady that had a bunch of those, so he knew that I had to cook Indian! We could have talked about food the rest of the day (food does that to people!), but they said that, unfortunately, they had to back! I told them to stop by, once this pandemic gets under control, and in the summer, in late July, the peppers start producing!
After they left, I put everything back downstairs, then leveled the freezer - had to cut a wedge for one of the back feet, as it was way off, and rocking. After I got the two front ones adjusted, I just tapped the wedge in, and it was just right! Then I put everything back in the kitchen - the pots and wok I took off the wall by the door, that would have been in their way, then the shelf went back, and all those jars (plus a few cans I use the most of). I usually take all those off once a year, in the winter, to dust all the jars, and the shelves (surprisingly clean, though I often wipe them throughout the year). I also set some older things aside, to use first, and some empty jars, that I have to refill, eventually.
I'll have to wait a while before getting my food into the freezer, from my friend's house - the door to the basement has a snow bank over it! What's a few more days...
Oh yeah, I also got a LOT of cardboard, to use in my garden this summer, for keeping weeds at bay! I just have to cut it up.
Mostly the really Christmasy things like Santas and reindeer and angels. Still have pine trees around, along with snowmen. After all, trees are still standing in the woods, and we're finally getting some snow. Not enough to make snowmen, though.
