Way back when I first started blogging, I vowed to not use my blog as a venting/complaining forum but . . everyone is entitled to a little rant every now and then, right?
One of our big freezers has been needing defrosted but I wanted to wait til it was a little cooler.
Yesterday Vince came home from work and said “Do you want to go grab a burger? If we go out today, we won’t have to go anywhere this weekend!” Sure. Tractor Supply, Home Depot, Walmart, Big Lots. He bought a weed eater that someone had returned to Tractor Supply . . discounted, of course.
We got up this morning and I said . . let’s get started on the freezer. He said “let’s eat breakfast first”. OK . . cooked breakfast, we ate, then he got online, and then he called Tractor Supply and was talking about returning the weed eater because he can get it for less online . . new instead of one someone returned. He got off the phone. I said “let’s get the freezer started”. He rounded up 7 coolers. I turned the freezer off. I said “Don’t you want to take it outside so there’s not so much water in the shop?” No . . it will be fine. I asked him to unplug it. The plug is behind the freezer and the freezer has to be moved to get to the plug. “No, it will be fine.”
This was the last time I’m defrosting this freezer. Something isn’t right with it. Vince has changed the gasket and it still gets full of frost too quickly. The door was damaged . . another scratch and dent bargain Vince found. I’m done with this one. I’m going work to get enough used up that we can get down to two freezers and this one is history soon.
Nasty Freezer
I got everything out of the freezer and started scraping out some of the frost. He came out and said “I’m going to Tractor Supply. Do you need anything from town?” WHAT? I could use some help here . . no, I didn’t say that. He left.
There was a lot of frost in that freezer and as it melted, water was running everywhere in the shop. I was trying to keep it contained with paper towel dams. I couldn’t hook a hose to the drain plug because I couldn’t get behind the freezer. I was standing there in water working and I thought . . if I get electrocuted, I am not going to be happy! I was sopping up water with a towel, then wringing the towel out in a bucket and sopping up water — about 8 gallons of water in all!
Before he left, he said “When you’re done, don’t leave the shop lights on!”
I went back to the house to get Clorox to clean the inside of the freezer . . after all the defrosting was done. While I was in the house, the phone rang. I answered it. It was a lady with questions about a bead order. I talked to her for 3 minutes and while I was talking, he came home. He walked in the house and said “I knew you would leave the lights on in the shop!” I am NOT done. I just came over to get Clorox and the phone rang!
Putting Things Back
Went back. Cleaned the inside of the freezer. I’ve started putting everything back in . . not done yet. Walked back into the house. Sat down to rest for a second and he said “What’s for lunch?”
He is a brave man!
Toni Anne Potter says
Very brave!!! Just like a man and I’m sure he doesn’t notice he’s irritated you. I love reading your blog, I enjoy you’re humor and never miss a post. ;-> Toni Anne Potter
Sue in Desert Hills (Phoenix), AZ (formerly in Scottsdale, AZ) says
Because I’m not much of a cook and my husband isn’t really enthralled with my cooking – we have completely different tastes in food, I might have said, “RESERVATIONS”.
Judy D in WA says
I’m trying to condense down to 1 freezer and then today I added all those bags of chicken. LOL I think I’m hopeless.
Judy Laquidara says
I’m going to get down to two and that’s probably the best I’ll ever do.
Sherrill Pecere says
WHOA! First thing I would’ve said was ‘you’re not going anywhere until we get this freezer defrosted!!’. You’re a much better woman/wife than I was. Jobs like that are 2 person jobs IMHO. I would’ve killed him when he mentioned the lights as he was LEAVING! LOL
Diann says
I believe you are due some kind of reward……….a new car? You’ve been wanting one. And dinner out and anything else you can think up. Vince will probably do it for you too. He’s generous.
Judy Laquidara says
No, I do not want a new car. I just want mine fixed.
Dorothy Matheson says
My husband quit driving at he really needed to do that. Now I have to do all the errands and drive all the time for us and my Mom. I hate going to the grocery store and he has always done that for us.
Anyway I let him have it as he sits and reads or watches TV while I am outside doing all the yard work. I wrote him a long note about it in an e-mail. Told him all the things I do that he can now help me with.
The last straw was him leaving the toilet paper roll with one square on it. He can put a new one on once in awhile.
I love doing yard work but working most of the time and not getting to do some quilting was getting to me..
Karen clark says
Good for you! My husband and I are both retired. I do my inside work and he does outside, when I finally get to sew he just says that I am just doing my hobby and nothing else. My retort is at least my hobby results in something whereas his is just sitting in front of the tv! Men
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Rebecca in SoCal says
There you go…get it all out!
Between “I figured you were still alive” and this, I think Vince needs to do something nice! (Like he usually does.)
Jackie says
Your a good woman not to hit him with the cast iron fry pan lol.
Ruth says
Why not just say what you are thinking? “Don’t leave me with this job to do alone. Help me by (doing whatever)!”
Is it more “fun” to hide your feelings from Vince?
lacefaerie says
Mine has been known to be that obtuse, too! When I retired early from full time working outside our home due to health reason, He stopped doing ANYTHING around the house or yard when he got home other than stare at the tube. After struggling for a month, dragging myself out of my sick bed to try to run the household, we had a good ol’ fashion ‘come to Jesus meeting. ‘We’ decided pitching in and picking up after his own messes was going to be a lot less painful than hiring one of the housekeeper services who came and gave me quotes on hourly wages/weekly hours!
Sandy says
I have 3 freezers and one of my tricks is to put the pan from one of my big electric roasters and slide it in the bottom shelf and a good share of the water drips in the pan. My freezers are in the basement where my washer and dryer are and no sink there. So I just dump the water in there and let the ice melt . Spin the washer and there it goes. I so enjoy your blog. I live in northern Pa and our local sam’s Club had fig trees for sale 2 years ago and decided to plant one in a pot.I finally got a fig to eat this year. Had several on the tree but none never matured but that one was sure tasty. I don’t know how I will get it in the garage as it gets bigger. Wish me luck. Hope this little freezer tip helps you. Have a great day.
montanaclarks says
I like the “frying pan” comment! We have guests at this present moment, friends we dearly love, they are staying in their own RV but dang I feel as if I’m the only one doing any of the cooking and cleaning up! Woe is me!
Judy D in WA says
7 this morning, I’m sitting here reading and minding my own business, when all of the sudden I jump up and run into the sewing room for a couple of little $ Store bins. Out to the freezer I go to put in vacuumed sealed flat bags of chicken and venison……..OMG, they fit! Now I’m looking all over for larger bins for the bulky things. I now have a $ Store list! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Lisa S says
What sort of bins are you using in your freezer? That’s an idea I need to copy.