mother’s day 2009

It’s been a busy weekend.  SO went for another all-day bike ride yesterday, so I cleaned the bathrooms and toilets, did the food shopping, and also did about five loads of laundry and hung it out.  I also had good intentions of cooking, but all I managed was to half-do some rissoles.  After that I collapsed in a heap and slept for four hours.  Whoops.

Today being Mother’s Day, we saw SO’s stepmum for breakfast.  We went over to their place, but took our coffee machine, and made french toast.  It was nice, but we got there at 9 am and didn’t actually eat until 11:30am, by which time SO was frothing at the mouth he was so hungry.  I was okay as I’d had two coffees by that point, so I was high on life and caffeine.  SO still isn’t in touch with his mum, and mine is currently away in New Zealand with her boyfriend, so it was an easy day for us.  (In the past we’ve had to see all three on the same day, which was a killer for both of us.)

We got home after 1pm and I had every intention of having an afternoon nap.  However, SO was going to a couple of the units to do some work (one needed new tap washers, the other needed a replacement TV as theirs blew up) and I wandered outside to say goodbye.  In doing so, I was confronted by SO’s latest acquisition – a fridge/freezer he’d picked up from the side of the road.  It does work; but it was so revoltingly filthy, I had previously vowed I wasn’t going near it, much less clean it.  The black, fluffy mould which covered the interior was retch-making, and would probably lead to a nasty dose of ebola if it was inhaled.

Anyhow, I looked at it.  And yes, two and a half hours later, the bloody thing was clean, inside and out.  I’m sure there are antibiotics you can take for ebola, so I’m not too concerned.  When SO came home and saw it, he was overjoyed….. new beer fridge!!!  As a result, he actually offered to cook dinner – grilled fish and vegies – so I took him up on his very kind offer.  Quid pro quo (otherwise known as, ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’.)   ;)