Inconvenient Annoyances

Why would anyone pretend to be from Essex? Unfathomable!

Whatever...

Whatever...

You know you wanna be WestSIDzE b'iotch!

Sometimes I cannot get warm in this bloody house!!!

You know you wanna be WestSIDzE b'iotch!

Naw blood, east end is ace, innit.

Moved some clothes to the new flat today, so that's one bag's worth of stuff I don't have to move later.

IA: The fridge at the new flat is tiny. Like, dorm room fridge sized. That was fine when I had a meal plan with that dorm room, not so much when I'm cooking for myself. Looked online at other small fridge/freezers, since 2 of them would be OK, and they're all £100+, which is more than I really want to spend.

Moved some clothes to the new flat today, so that's one bag's worth of stuff I don't have to move later.

IA: The fridge at the new flat is tiny. Like, dorm room fridge sized. That was fine when I had a meal plan with that dorm room, not so much when I'm cooking for myself. Looked online at other small fridge/freezers, since 2 of them would be OK, and they're all £100+, which is more than I really want to spend.

Amen sista! I have one and when there is two kids and two adults it is a challenge!

Moved some clothes to the new flat today, so that's one bag's worth of stuff I don't have to move later.

IA: The fridge at the new flat is tiny. Like, dorm room fridge sized. That was fine when I had a meal plan with that dorm room, not so much when I'm cooking for myself. Looked online at other small fridge/freezers, since 2 of them would be OK, and they're all £100+, which is more than I really want to spend.

Yeah, had one of those in my last flat and it had no freezer and it sucked so much!

Yeah, had one of those in my last flat and it had no freezer and it sucked so much!

Me too, it used to drive me absolutely spare.

Ebay + Shiply = cheap fridge Stuff that needs to be picked up on ebay always goes for absolutely nothing and you can get Shiply people to pick up and deliver stuff really cheaply, like £15 to pick up and drive our couch about 40 miles to our house

Yeah, had one of those in my last flat and it had no freezer and it sucked so much!

We've got a normal (UK) size fridge but no freezer, in our flat and it's so annoying because I keep having to throw out food when I would normally be able to freeze it. Unfortunately, I can't really afford a freezer and also I'm going to be moving again in April (and probably again in the Autumn) and I don't want to have even more stuff to lug halfway across the country!

Ebay + Shiply = cheap fridge Stuff that needs to be picked up on ebay always goes for absolutely nothing and you can get Shiply people to pick up and deliver stuff really cheaply, like £15 to pick up and drive our couch about 40 miles to our house

Thanks, that's a good idea. I found a couple of cheap fridge/freezers on gumtree, but I'll look into ebay as well.

I'd love to replace the tiny crap fridge with a big one, and use the fridge space for a dishwasher, but that's probably more than I want to invest in a flat that isn't mine. (Not to mention I'm sure the space isn't set up to support a dishwasher.)

ha! Wheras when we bought the boat (which used to be a canoeing hotel for 26 guests), we were DROWNING in fridges - 2 massive larder fridges plus a half-size beergerator under the bar. We actually just gave one of the massive ones away to a neighbour because it was just silly for two people. And bought a freezer to put in its place.

The beergerator stayed by mutual consent.

My IA today is a bleeding blister on my heel from new boots which look like they should be super comfortable.

IA 1. Being at home with a rotten cold.

IA 2. I am stuck staring at all the chores that need doing, but with no energy/motivation to do them. 

Cleaning the bathroom.  I have always hated it, but it's worse with an 11 year old boy who can't/won't aim properly! 

Why is it that some Americans think that it is so uber cool to pretend that they are from the UK?

When I first started working in academia there was a very well-known art history professor who would be walking around in his British tweeds and bow tie and a very pronounced Oxbridge accent. The fact was that he'd been born and raised in Dorchester (Boston) and, being a very bright boy, got into Harvard on a scholarship. To be fair, he made no bones about it. Turns out he'd been stationed in England for a few years during the War and that was his only real connection. Charmer.

My cold is better but my ears are plugged up and I feel like I'm in a fog.