{"id":966,"date":"2005-06-06T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2005-06-06T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/966"},"modified":"2005-06-06T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2005-06-06T18:32:00","slug":"appliance-o-rama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/archives\/966","title":{"rendered":"Appliance-O-Rama"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a blitz of buying new appliances lately. Last weekend Mum and I splashed out on a new front-loader washer and dryer and dining room set for the condo, this week JVL and I went hunting for a fridge, toaster oven and dining room set for home. No luck with the dining room set (it’s hard to find a 2’x3′ dining-height table!) but we scored a toaster oven at ye olde Canadian Tire and the most glorious ice box on earth at Caplan’s Appliances<\/a>, an independent retailer just down the road from us that beat out both Sears AND the Sears Clearance Outlet for price, and was really clean and professional and fast to boot!<\/p>\n

Justin (and, by proximity, me) are now the proud owners of an Amana 22 cubic foot stainless steel refrigerator with a pull-out bottom drawer, chef’s pantry, clear, adjustable shelving, and digital thermometer. Energy-Star compliant. For two grand. It may sound like a lot, but believe me, it’s totally worth it; this fridge is the Master of all reasonably-priced fridges (basically, of anything short of a Sub-Zero, Viking built-in, or a Jenn-Air). I can’t wait to get home to it!!<\/p>\n

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Ohhh yeaaaahhhh.<\/p>\n

Also? EXCELLENT NEWS on the meeting-with-Professor front!!! You’ll perhaps recall the translation exam that I wrote in 2002? The one I got 85% on and that my beloved Professor had lost? HE FOUND IT! I do not have to re-write my translation exam! Glory be praised. Hallelujah. I am so happy I could spit. Now all I have to do is finish up and submit my partially-written essay some time between July 15th (my current “firm” due date) and August 1st (my “throat-cut” due date) and I’m done I’m done I’m done I really truly get my Masters at last hurray!<\/p>\n

Who cares if I can’t access my Outlook personal folders because of the stupid PC refresh at work? Not me. Who cares if it’s so hot outside I could cook bacon on the handrails leading up the wheelchair ramp to my building? Not me. I’ve got a haircut booked at Philosophy (sorry, M! will go to Jie in July) for June 18th, I’ve got a vacation in BC and my cousins wedding coming up in two weeks, I’ve finished the much-dreaded yet strangely anticipated garage sale and now have loads less useless STUFF clogging up the basement. Life is good!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a blitz of buying new appliances lately. Last weekend Mum and I splashed out on a new front-loader washer and dryer and dining room set for the condo, this week JVL and I went hunting for a fridge, toaster oven and dining room set for home. No luck with the dining room set […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-consciousness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pipesdreams.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}