Quiet Week

Not much happened last week.  Well, not much it terms of getting out and about around London.  We went to the common almost every day.  We had friends over for a play date.

Oh... and our refrigerator decided to stop working.  Ugh.  The fan had been making a bit of an unusual noise for a day or so.  I'd even sent a note to the landlord letting her know there was a bit of an odd sound, but so far -- that was our only indication something was not on the up an up.  Then, we came downstairs on Tuesday morning and blam-O -- no fridge.  And it was due to be the hottest week yet of 2014.  Seriously?  On the upside, it appeared only the fridge was affected.  The freezer was still going nice and strong.  The silver lining because, as we discovered the fridge at about 8 am -- I already had a grocery delivery scheduled for 11 am that day!

Thank goodness for neighbors with coolers and ice packs and for our dear friends, the Verhilles.  They were prepping to travel at the end of the week and had a relatively sparse fridge.  And they live literally around the corner.  I packed up my wheelie trolley and carted over a ton of food to their house.  And the landlord (and her Dad) were quite helpful and had an under the counter fridge delivered that afternoon to tide us over until our main fridge can be repaired.

The good news - the part that failed is a common/known issue.  The bad news - it's common and apparently the parts are on back order until who knows when.  Boo.

So - a rather mundane post.  Sorry about that.  :) More soon from the birthday weekend, which was pretty calm too....