"Helping Daddy" OR "Addicted to our Appliances"

We had Lisa and Mark over last month and as I was fixing the tea,

we were discussing our ice machine and Mark asked us if

we were "ice snobs"........ I guess we are!

I was telling him sometimes we take a cooler with

us when we go places, like to Kay's, with our OWN ICE!!

We leave it in the car. (Then we sneak

out and fill our cups). When you are

used to ice made with filtered water, especially around

here with all the lime, it is real hard to accept ice that

might, just accidentally, taste not so fresh

(or maybe like the fridge, maybe not!)

So, last year when the compressor went out, we were

buying a bag of ice per day, which was why we got it

to begin with...we make iced tea by the glass around here,

and it takes a lot of ice, all that boiling

water!!! Finally we got it repaired. ($$$).

It eventually paid for itself.

Well, it went out again but it wasn't the compressor, so Bruce

and his assistant gave it a looksie.

Royanne loves to chew the ice, ours is small enough (safe), and she

was very interested in what Bruce was doing.

(She is in the right family; ice crunching is a family trait!)

Here you can barely see the small drill Bruce used to

remove the protective cover. She really liked that tool!