I know you are all just dying to hear me complain about ice some more. It’s such a stimulating topic, yes?

Two of the four ice cube trays finally solidified completely. Interestingly, the two teal ones. The two black ones still not so much. I have refilled the teal ones, but not as much as I filled them last time. Now two trays half filled the ice dispenser bin, and it appears that even though I made some honking huge cubes, the crushing bits crushes it. Maybe we can survive until I can get the ice maker working or give in and buy a counter top unit. We’ll see what happens tomorrow.

We have an emergency bag of ice, just in case. 🤣

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I waited three hours to check on the ice cube trays. One of them is partially frozen, the other three are not at all frozen. This is in a freezer set to -5°F and that has a history of freezing things so hard it takes days to thaw in the fridge (and several hours on a counter). It’ll freeze a pound of hamburger rock hard in three hours. What the actual hell? At this rate, four trays will never be enough, and I don’t think filling the entire freezer with trays would even keep up with my household’s ice demands. I better get to researching those countertop ice makers.

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There was a bit of excitement as we walked back to the car. A crazy asshole in a black car zoomed into the parking lot and started doing crazy things like doing donuts, peeling out and abruptly stopping, and erratically zooming around at top speed. Pro tip for when crazy things are happening in a parking lot: walk between the parked cars and not where cars can drive. Provides cover for whatever crazy might happen and opportunities for escape from people trying to run you over. All and all, it was a few stressful moments.

Gotta admit I was also a bit concerned gunfire might happen, because it does pretty regularly doesn’t it?

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We bought all the normal ice cube trays at our neighborhood Target. Four of them. And we got two new cookie sheets, because mine are a hundred years old and well past their prime. We looked at a countertop ice maker. We almost bought it, but I want to do more research first. Also, I still hold out hope I can get the one in the freezer working again. Maybe?

Additionally, I looked at clothing and as usual was depressed to find nothing in the ladies section that fits me, or was decent enough quality to bother with. I did end up getting a new tank top and a strappy little body con dress, both in army green. These items were pure shopping therapy. I saw a long white 80s style baggy white shirt I liked, but not paying what they wanted for it, because it would fall apart too fast. Did take a pic to steal the design though. 🤣

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