<p>He does carpentry too. Sigh.</p>
<p>However did I do that? And what hope can I have that this post will be in the right spot? I am clearly a candidate to not put things where they belong! Mea culpa! </p>
<p>I would suspect that I hit the back space more times than I thought…newish computer which is very sensitive. Thanks for the transfer.</p>
<p>Well, I followed you!</p>
<p>This all makes the fact that my H tossed out some needed tickets seem minor. </p>
<p>All that hard work–argh.</p>
<p>zoosermom. the compressor went…apparently most of them do in a relatively short time with Jennair ( who was Maytag, now Whirlpool )
You wouldn’t think it should be a problem as the price tag for Jennair isn’t exactly cheap.
Just the workmanship !!
And I have a stove, microwave and grill of theirs too.</p>
<p>OMG, a man that can cook is sexy enough, but one that build things as well! That is just too good to be true.</p>
<p>Violamom is a lucky lady (along with the rest of the violafamily)</p>
<p>zoosermom, I’m so sorry to hear of the unfortunate untimely demise
of your luscious food. After so much work! But your husband sounds like a nice guy. (And now I know what the food talk was about on one of the political threads. I knew I’d missed something!) btw, it is nice to see you again!</p>
<p>violadad, the nuts were too small??? I think your family has it toooo good in the victuals department!</p>
<p>Here’s another view- look at the bright side- your H proved he’s human like you are, you don’t have to live up to some too perfect being’s standards. Husbands usually do something every- pick a timeframe- to make us feel better about our own foibles. Makes us mad at the time, but they still have lovable features.</p>
<p>My H does almost all the cooking in our house, too. Including all the holidays. He often even does all the shopping and he also cleans up. I have the busier job and he enjoys it a whole lot more than I do. Problem is, though, that he tends to make a lot of heavy, fatty foods, and I would rather eat lighter. But I really don’t want to complain, because he does so much more than I do, in the kitchen area of our lives. He is a good cook, but too many calories and fats. Dilemma…</p>
<p>Aw, Zoos, so sorry to hear. sounds like you’ll all get past it, but all that work!</p>
<p>For the record, count me as a member of the–“it’s cold out these days, the kitchen didn’t get that warm, it smells fine” group, who hasn’t yet managed to kill anyone with food left out.</p>
<p>Lorelei–I’m with your enviro-friendly family. So far, as above, we havne’t poisoned ourselves yet.</p>
<p>(The only Salmonella poisoning in our family did come at Thanksgiving, but not because of turkey. H was in med school at the time, got contaminated with salmonella in his bio lab (oops) the day before, and pretty much skipped Thanksgiving.)</p>
<p>“Husband Vent”</p>
<p>There are millions of women that would be thrilled just to ‘have’ a husband. 
Or their husband back that was killed in the war.</p>
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<p>But, as my grandmother used to say, “there are worse things than being an old maid.”</p>
<p>Just saw this thread. I’m sooo sorry!</p>
<p>I have to confess to being totally bummed at not eating the food because I like my own cooking!</p>
<p>We didn’t salvage anything because it wasn’t until the afternoon that we realized the food was out. We had been at church and my mom’s and then just not in the kitchen. It was pretty warm by us yesterday, so I didn’t want to take a chance.</p>
<p>THanks for all the kind words!!</p>
<p>Boy, can I ever empathize, although I had no one to blame but myself.</p>
<p>Last week I came home from a 14-hour day and realized I’d left the freezer cracked open. I had lots of beautiful homemade food sealed in perfect little portions, frozen vegetables, shrimp, ice cream…and worst of all, sour cherries that are only in season for 2 weeks in July. I bought them at the farmer’s market and hand-pitted four quarts of sour cherries and froze them in one-pie bags to have during the winter. Everything was thoroughly thawed, all the way through.</p>
<p>It turned out largely OK – everything except loose vegetables, ice cream, and shrimp was still refrigerator-cold and re-froze surprisingly well. But it took a couple of days to figure that out. When I thought that all my hard work was destroyed and those irreplaceable-till-next-year cherries were ruined…oh, it was a bad feeling.</p>
<p>Aw bummer, Hanna. I love cherries. That stinks.</p>
<p>I refroze them and they actually might be OK. They are now blocks of frozen juice with cherries inside, and since frozen strawberries are actually marketed that way, perhaps they’ll be all right. I think I’ll have to make the filling on the stove to thicken all the juice that’s come out. That’s no big deal. Unlike apples, I think it’s OK for cherries in pie to be very soft.</p>
<p>I plan to make a major treat for my co-workers later this week (either celebration or consolation), so I’ll let you know how it turns out.</p>
<p>zoosermom, I’m sorry to hear about the food (and your cooking efforts) going into the garbage bin! It sounded so yummy…</p>
<p>I know it was painful - I had to toss a fridgeload of food twice! First time, H fixed the fridge with a $50 thingy, and we swore that if it croaked again, we’d be fridge shopping. Of course, a couple of years since the first incident, the fridge went dead again, on the hottest day in August right after my trip to Costco! Arrrrgh! H bought another thingy for $100 or so, and the fridge is up and running (it was the fastest way since our fridge space is kind of odd-shaped, and a replacement fridge had to be a special order). However, I will not give it a third chance. Beware of Jennair!</p>
<p>Wow Bunsen, that’s a lot of trouble with a fridge. I’m not really familiar with Jennair, so thanks for the heads-up!</p>
<p>zmom - I could appreciate your need to vent, and casually read through all the posts… until I got to the one where you mentioned artichoke casserole.</p>
<p>How dare he?</p>
<p>Teriwtt::: breathing calmly:::: glad to get that off my chest.</p>