Some Tasks Are Just Tedious

We have an old freezer out in the garage that is not frost free, so once a year it has to be defrosted and cleaned.  I always do it in the spring. I decided to get it done before we leave on our trip so that it would be ready for this years crop of raspberries, which will ripen in early July.

 I empty it, turn it off, and put pans of boiling water in it and let it sit until the ice has melted.  While that was happening I went to the pet store to lay in a supply of food for Josy.  The kids will feed her while we're gone.

 It's tedious picking off the last bits of stuck ice, so I let it sit longer and helped Tom with his shelving project.  He needed a holder.

 Unfortunately his nail gun wasn't working well, and there was a lot of wait time, so I got the freezer finished, and Tom finally put on another nail head and we got that project done too.

 We'll probably wait to finish them when we get back.  We need more shelving because Tom's pop up book collection has grown so large it is displacing my pottery, some of which is now in tubs in the garage.  I'll be using the shelves to display pottery upstairs.

 This was all going on Wednesday, and I had one more tedious task to tackle.  


Can I rant a bit?  I am of average height, but I wear flat shoes.  Dress slacks are made long these days to fit over those ridiculous six inch heels.  So I have to shorten my new pants.  It's a job I hate. Measure, cut, mark, press.  I guess I shouldn't complain too much.  I have a serger to finish the new cut edge, and a special foot and stitch on my sewing machine for doing blind hemming.  The sewing part is actually the fast part.

 So an hour or so later, I have newly hemmed slacks that don't look any different than when I started.  Not my idea of fun sewing.

Today we spent a good part of the day cleaning in the garden.  The rain has stopped and there is trimming and weeding to be done before we go away for 18 days.  That kind of garden work can be tedious too, but I was glad to finally be back outside.  Of course when we get back from our trip we'll have to do it all over again.  Such is gardening.