Sure Sign of Age: Cho Is Thrilled by Purchase of New Appliances

[chomiji]

We went to Bray & Scarf! And ordered a new stove! Anna new dishwasher! They will show up on Wednesday!

> facepalm <

I am so easily amused.

We also went to Jaleo, and ate too much tapas and paella, and desserts that turned out to be gi-normous.

And then I went home and spent an hour messing about with digital photos. The effort to process the Scandanavia trip pix brought me face to face with the fact that I haven't uploaded anything to Flickr since Hanukkah except for the Katsucon pictures, even though I took pix at half a dozen family get-togethers. Given that the recording of family events was one of the main justifications for my spiffy big camera, this fill me with much guilt.

Comments

[magicnoire.livejournal.com]

Oh Jaleo! I love that place!

[chomiji]

We do too, but it's usually so terribly crowded, so we don't go very often. We finished up at the appliance store a little before 6:00, so we decided it was worth a shot, and indeed, the place was still half empty (this was the Bethesda location).

I don't think we'd ever stayed there for dessert before. As the waitress said, "Our dishes are so small - I don't know why our desserts are so huge!" I had Espuma milk rice pudding with lemon marmalade, the Mr. had Apple charlotte with Pedro Ximénez & vanilla ice cream, and the Young Lady had Chocolate and hazelnut mousse torte.

[jedishampoo.livejournal.com]

YAY new stove! :)

[chomiji]

I anticipate 4 actual working burners, which is more than I've had for a year now!

XD

[theloomofmoira.livejournal.com]

I'd be very happy about a dishwasher, myself.

working appliances in general can be a cause for real celebration :D

[chomiji]

The current dishwasher sort of works ... the time-release soap compartment is permanently open. The knob to activate it broke off and has to be re-inserted delicately every time and and held in place manually while turning it - it falls out the minute you let go. And the springs that allowed the door to open gently went south about 3 years ago. But ... .

Anyway, I will be very glad to see (and use) its successor!

[avierra.livejournal.com]

I could go for a new fridge.

But I tend to be a new towels and new sheets kind of gal rather than appliances. ;)

[chomiji]

Oh, new linens are lovely and snuggly and happy-making. I got some big fluffy new bath sheets a few weeks ago - MMMmmmmm! But I can't do without a functioning stove (despite smilla's generous loan of supplementary small appliances), and the dishwasher has been driving me nuts for ages.

[chomiji]

Heh - with our big discussion of various starchy/porridgy things, I can't say I'm too surprised! Especially since you haven't been feeling well - comfort food would be a natural consequence.

[chomiji]

I grew up with gas, and electric drives me nuts because you can't bring something to a boil and then instantly drop it to a simmer. But I'm not going to worry about pulling the gas line over for the stove until we gut the whole kitchen (someday!).

Hope you got some rest this weekend!