Day 3 of 130+ miles of driving...

I went down to visit B on Wednesday evening after work, drove back Thursday morning before work, and then I'm driving down for the weekend tonight. It's not a bad drive, but YAWN. The 3 days of it is what's tiresome. Darn the mcdonalds at the halfway point. So tempting. Always.

I asked B if he could have dinner and a movie awaiting me when I got there. Something simple, you know? That way I can just crash.

Good news: Friends of ours are bringing down the mini-freezer on Saturday. Woo not having to drive 130 miles with it in my car, blockin' my view. They have a big SUV so it's not such a blockade for them. And Saturday will be spend touring around town with them, then dinner in the evening with other friends. Sunday: invites and lanterns. I have the car stocked with supplies.

Didn't get to the farm place in time yesterday to get the pussywillow branches. I'll try next week and if no luck, then B can go next weekend.

Friends are good.

Friends of ours might bring the freezer down south to B's new place. How awesome! So I won't kill myself on the road!

Another friend did all the lettering on our invites.

Other friends are helping in other ways.

SO lovely.

Got a lot of work done on the remaining invites last night. Very happy. 4 more mailed today.

It has not stopped raining. DOWNPOUR last night. Crazy.

Freezer, take II

This is it!!
And now, not only will our food be properly stored, but we won't have to worry! And, if we pick too many berries this summer, I won't have only a day or two to can them up before they spoil. :)

Small freezer!

After weeks of hounding craigslist, we have a small chest freezer! Ok, it's actually a side-opening freezer (not a top, chest-freezer), but it's about 3.5-4 cubic square feet, and it was only $20. It works well and everything.

Ok, that's not actually it. Ours is bigger, but you get the idea. I'd take a picture of the actual freezer, but... it's kinda stuck in my car. B's down south right now. The person I bought it from helped me load it, which was an adventure.

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We tried to lay it in the  backseat... 1.5" too big to fit. 

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We tried to put it in the trunk (which I wasn't too happy about because it's raining outside and a 40 minute drive home), but it was 2" too big to fit. 

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So finally, we laid the front seat down and passenger seat down. Then we put the freezer in over both chairs and then rotated it 90 degrees so it would lay flat on the passenger seat. Then we pushed it all the way back (because the way it was was putting my car car in permanent "park" position; I couldn't move the stick), and bungie corded it to the back headrest. B had put recycling plastic containers in the trunk, so I put those trashbags between the dashboard and the freezer, that way it was a bit more of a buffer in case the bungie didn't hold and I had to stop fast. 

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MADE IT HOME! Photos will occur when it is out of the car. Maybe when it's wedged in the car too, because it's kinda impressive. 

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My neighbor is going to help me unload it in the next day or two. I hope it's soon because right now I can't see out of my rearview mirror. Luckily, I take the bus to work!

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But this is so nice, because now we have enough space for everything. I want to make MORE than enough food for everyone, and just a freezer wasn't going to hack it. Granted, we have 2 salads and B's mac and cheese, but still. I want a LOT of food because I'd rather have too much than run out! B agrees. 

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So exciting.