Hello New Frig!

We have been really needing a new frig for a while.

It started out this past summer when it leaked and all our food got wet.

Every day.

Every day I came in to find soaking wet carrots or leftovers or whatever it might be that I wanted to eat.

Jim fixed that by putting none other than the SHAM-WOW below where it leaked,

and told me to squeeze that out whenever it got full.

That should keep it from getting the food wet. 

I never really wanted to take the time to squeeze it out and get all wet.

It was pretty gross.

Jim eventually got a guy over to look at it, and the man fixed it...

For a little while.

Before Christmas, probably about four months ago, our frig door started not shutting.

I came in in the mornings and it would be cracked open.

Or I'd come home at night and it'd be just barely open.

It was just enough to be wasting energy.

We tried taking things out of the door, and that worked for a while.

After a while, that no longer worked, so we resorted to duck tape.

We put duck tape on the door and would duck tape it back every time.

We used one piece of tape for as long as it stayed sticky, and then changed it. 

The duck tape worked, but sometimes it didn't work if the duck tape wasn't sticky

or if we forgot to press the duck tape back down after using it. 

And so, we told Jim the landlord.

Jim looked for a frig for about a month. 

He told us that he wanted to find an old refrigerator because old ones last longer.

Finally, he found an old frig.

We were so excited! 

He told us to eat all the food in our old freezer and frig before we swapped them out.

That took a while... 

But finally, today, we got a new refrigerator.

We said good-bye to the old one...

We won't miss it.

And we said hello to the new one! 

We were surprised at its odd color... 

Something from the 70's maybe?

It's an off-white, creamy, yellowish color.

It doesn't quite go with our green and white kitchen.

We decided that we'll cover it up with magnets and such.

It's bigger than the other one and has a nifty place for eggs and a tray for frozen pizzas.

We are very happy with its sturdy door that shuts.

Jim said he got one with a magnet on the door for us, so it will be sure to close.

(Like we were the ones who caused the last one not to shut... haha.)

Oh, Jim! 

The Current Project

My bathroom was this gross really bright pinkish-peach color. I didn't think it was that bad when I first saw it, but after using it for a couple of months, I hated it. It was so bright that my face looked pink in the mirror. The pink reflected out into the hall. It was everywhere, and it had to go away. I didn't have enough money to buy paint though. It was $30, and I couldn't spare that much at the time. 

So, I went home and I asked Daddy Bear to get me some paint from his hardware store. I didn't care what color, I just wanted it to be light. 

I got a very light blue color, and I went to work when I got back to my house. I've done two coats in two weeks.

All I have left is the trim. And I just have one reason for that. To store a paint brush that has been used with Latex paint, I remember Mother Dear telling me to wrap it in saran wrap and then freeze it. 

Apparently she didn't really tell me to freeze it, because I got it out of the freezer a week later and it's definitely frozen. I was thinking that latex paint was like alcohol or something and that it didn't freeze when in the freezer. 

Anyways, that's false. I was dumb. Do not freeze your paint brushes if you want them to stay usable. Your choices are to wrap them in saran and leave them out or to wash them out in the sink with water. 

Now, I need to go buy a new paint brush to finish the bathroom. But really, even without I like the way it is now so much better. I wish I'd taken a before picture. This is what it looks like now, until I invest in an unfrozen brush. 

It makes me feel so much better... It's now very calming and plain and CLEAN. No gross streaks on the walls anymore. I cleaned it so many times before this, and it never felt clean. Though the shower still feels dirty and the sink has dark spots in it that won't go away, I know the walls are clean, so that's a start. 

I'll take what I can get! Our house is a work in progress, but I don't mind. At least we have a house!