Never one to disappoint, she's
Here are things that should have been spending the same seven years in a landfill somewhere.
First. Cords.
Actually, these are useful, and will save expateek a lot of grief when she finally gets all her euro electrical plugs sorted out.
Maybe. If she can figure out to what these cords should attach.
Next up? Mysterious notes written by 9th graders.
Huh?
Firstly: dreadful grammar. D+ for grammar.
And a Mexican park? What child in this family has been to Mexico? No one.
A- for imagination, perhaps.
Next, expateek has ... vintage calendar refrigerator magnets!
Once again, you know you're sick with envy, but expateek is, sadly, unwilling to share these treasures. Probably because Mr D's already thrown them out while she wasn't looking.
And then it's on to the consumables. Of course expateek stored some food! Of course! Why not? You know those expiry dates are meaningless. Come on, be brave and come over to expateek's tomorrow night for a snack of...
seven-year-old Pepperidge Farm goldfish! And Cheerios! Yummmmmmmy. She's serving them up in a bin-liner. (The bin liner is clean, by the way. Manufactured in 2009, so it's totally sanitary.)
They look completely normal, don't they? Come on, just one bite. expateek wants to see what happens.
Oh fine, be that way.
If you like, expateek could whip up some toast. She's got some jelly here somewhere. Ah, yes, here it is.
What kind of jelly? Why, it's mint, since you ask. Oh yes, all the popular Brits are having mint jelly on toast these days. It's the latest thing in London. Or Bracknell perhaps. Anyway.
The date? Oh gosh, let expateek check.
Hmmm. expateek thinks jellies and suchlike get better with age, don't you? Kind of like wines, she read it in a magazine somewhere, perhaps.
But speaking of wine, look what Mr D found!
Possibly 10-year-old homemade cherry wine, created in a flurry of creativity by Mr D ages and ages ago. Cellared for now 10 years!
Watch as the wine is decanted and poured.
Hmmm. Looks fine.
Nice and dry. Colour's still good. Clear, pleasant taste.
An, best of all, expateek and Mr D are still alive and kicking the next morning.
Apparently, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Or so they say.
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OMG I LOVE IT!
But wait, lest I forget......
We,too, have Mystery Objects in storage in Dallas. Coupled with that infernal heat, we may have some doozies to share with ya! Stay tuned....
xo
Gosh, we had this chair (kind of like a repro "Egg" chair) that I was going to have reupholstered upon our return. The upholstery foam had completely disintegrated and was pouring like fine sand out of moth-holes in the fabric. I decided to bin it. Not worth the threat of asbestos poisoning or whatever.
Everything else came through fine though. Probably to our detriment, as we can hardly wiggle in the house. Jeez.
I feel your pain
Lord, I'm afraid to look in the boxes stored in my attic. Some have been stored since 2005 and some since 2003. I am thinking that if I haven't needed them by now, I don't need them at all. But you never know what family treasures might lie in them. I'm sure there aren't any goldfish or cheerios or mint jelly, or even wine. But maybe a treasure map. Well, wouldn't that be lovely.
Liar -- yes, a few things have been nice to see again... but a very few!
Hope you're feeling better now, by the way. x
FAB!!! And about cords and extension cables - you can never have enough of these!
And the rest - it made me think of what kind of biological weapons I will find in my kitchen when I return home. :)
Erm, I can tell you, mint jelly is not popular in Bracknell. Not from where I'm sitting, anyway. Mint? On toast? Ugh.
The mint jelly could be used to attract flies and bees in the garden, thus keeping them away from you.
Lord knows what the Cheerios taste like. Actually, they probably have no taste whatsoever. And yo upaid to store all that stuff?
Expatmum -- Ha ha, we did NOT pay! The small sweet victory is that le French boss of the bad news paid. I win!
Pochyemu -- but wait, isn't your partner a chef? Surely he can come up with a use for mint jelly that doesn't involve lamb?
I can't comment. I am the world's worst hoarder. But I do like opening boxes that I put away years before and finding stuff that I had completely forgotten about. That wine DOES look good. I'm definitely sure I would not be able to have kept it for so long.
Belle -- the only reason it lasted that long was that, bizarrely, IT was in storage too, for the full 7 years. I thought they didn't pack liquids, but apparently they'll pack whatever's not nailed down. Who knew?
Mmmm: fruit wine just gets better with age. Wine isn't Poland's strong point. Can you save me a glass??
Love it! Especially the Mexican Park note.
Iota -- yes, the Mexican park note remains a mystery! To be continued...
Pino -- I don't think I had any Polish wine (why bother when the wodka is so plentiful?) We'll brew up some more fruit wine and invite you over for the next wine-tasting.
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