Home preparation for our foreign sojourn
Made a decision to get up early yesterday, and head out to Ikea to buy a much-needed storage solution for the study. Landed up getting a double-height set of shelves, with aluminium/glass doors, which I'll wall-mount above the desk.
I still plan to buy a set of shelves for the main wall, and will bring some books and papers up from the cellar, as well as my Roland electronic piano.
As anyone who has been to Ikea is aware, one cannot leave empty-handed, or even with just the intended purchases. We also bought a wooden toy for Aron (magnetic crane on wheels, with trailer and cargo), a packet of serviettes, two contour foam pillows, and a bicycle helmet for Dvora.
We then popped up the road to Carrefour, where I looked for a new drill (the battery on mine is dead, and it's cheaper to buy a new drill) but they were out of stock of the smaller model and the larger is more expensive and unnecessary. Did a decent-sized shop considering we're here for only another 5 weeks, and included a packet of cable ties for our suitcases, so we don't have to sacrifice padlocks to the TSA mafia during our airport runs.
Stopped by our local supermarket on the way home to pick up the fresh rolls we like, so I could make garlic bread ... and while Dvora stayed in the car, I bought not only rolls, but a litre of Macadamia & Pecan ice cream too, which I hid in the freezer on arriving home. So much for the surprise for my wife, though - not only did she discover the ice cream, but she took it out of the freezer to get access to something behind it, and forgot to replace it again... so I arrived at the scene of the crime at lunchtime today, mouth watering, espousing the virtues of good ice cream, only to find it was neither ice nor cream, but more of a curdled mush in a still-sealed container ...
We therefore had vegetable burgers, potato croquettes, and fried onions, with a pickle ... sans dessert.
I still plan to buy a set of shelves for the main wall, and will bring some books and papers up from the cellar, as well as my Roland electronic piano.
As anyone who has been to Ikea is aware, one cannot leave empty-handed, or even with just the intended purchases. We also bought a wooden toy for Aron (magnetic crane on wheels, with trailer and cargo), a packet of serviettes, two contour foam pillows, and a bicycle helmet for Dvora.
We then popped up the road to Carrefour, where I looked for a new drill (the battery on mine is dead, and it's cheaper to buy a new drill) but they were out of stock of the smaller model and the larger is more expensive and unnecessary. Did a decent-sized shop considering we're here for only another 5 weeks, and included a packet of cable ties for our suitcases, so we don't have to sacrifice padlocks to the TSA mafia during our airport runs.
Stopped by our local supermarket on the way home to pick up the fresh rolls we like, so I could make garlic bread ... and while Dvora stayed in the car, I bought not only rolls, but a litre of Macadamia & Pecan ice cream too, which I hid in the freezer on arriving home. So much for the surprise for my wife, though - not only did she discover the ice cream, but she took it out of the freezer to get access to something behind it, and forgot to replace it again... so I arrived at the scene of the crime at lunchtime today, mouth watering, espousing the virtues of good ice cream, only to find it was neither ice nor cream, but more of a curdled mush in a still-sealed container ...
We therefore had vegetable burgers, potato croquettes, and fried onions, with a pickle ... sans dessert.
posted by Gary Colman | 12:41 PM
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