Frapee'd
I have a blender. Actually, I have two blenders -- a regular-sized one and a hand-held one. It's admissions like this that really make you think you are well equipped to handle life on your own. After all, what ill-equipped, unprepared person has a blender they regularly use, much less two. And then days like yesterday come around to keep you guessing on the whole being-well-equipped-for-life-on-your-own thing.
I had my blender out and ready to use, like I do many mornings. The bottom O-ring was screwed on to the glass jar of the blender, and i was set on the base ready to go. So I poured in the yogurt and then went for the juice carton. As I was about to pour the juice in, I noted that the yogurt level was a little low and I was certain I had put more in there, but I proceeded to pour the juice anyway. But instead of filling the glass jar, it disappeared through the bottom of the jar and immediately coated my kitchen counter. Yes, because despite the fact that I had made sure to screw the O-ring on the bottom of the jar nice and tight, that doesn't do a whole freakin' lot of good if you neglect to also attach the blade piece that also holds everything in the jar. So instead of having the beginnings of a fruit smoothie in my beloved blender, I had a sticky counter and blender motor parts now covered in goo.
On the plus side, I did get to take the blender apart (because what isn't fun about taking apart electric and mechanical items?) so that I could clean the innards of the blender as well as I could. It spent the better part of yesterday in pieces while its parts dried out. I think it's about as good as it's going to get.
And now, I will attempt something that might never have been attempted before in the history of blogging. I will put the blender back together and see if it still works. Everyone hold your breath ...
IT WORKS!!
So I still have two working blenders. But I'll hold off on proclaiming my life all together until I can handle correctly and consistently assembling a simple blender for use. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some blending to do.
I had my blender out and ready to use, like I do many mornings. The bottom O-ring was screwed on to the glass jar of the blender, and i was set on the base ready to go. So I poured in the yogurt and then went for the juice carton. As I was about to pour the juice in, I noted that the yogurt level was a little low and I was certain I had put more in there, but I proceeded to pour the juice anyway. But instead of filling the glass jar, it disappeared through the bottom of the jar and immediately coated my kitchen counter. Yes, because despite the fact that I had made sure to screw the O-ring on the bottom of the jar nice and tight, that doesn't do a whole freakin' lot of good if you neglect to also attach the blade piece that also holds everything in the jar. So instead of having the beginnings of a fruit smoothie in my beloved blender, I had a sticky counter and blender motor parts now covered in goo.
On the plus side, I did get to take the blender apart (because what isn't fun about taking apart electric and mechanical items?) so that I could clean the innards of the blender as well as I could. It spent the better part of yesterday in pieces while its parts dried out. I think it's about as good as it's going to get.
And now, I will attempt something that might never have been attempted before in the history of blogging. I will put the blender back together and see if it still works. Everyone hold your breath ...
IT WORKS!!
So I still have two working blenders. But I'll hold off on proclaiming my life all together until I can handle correctly and consistently assembling a simple blender for use. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some blending to do.
posted by Jonathan at
3:08 PM
1 Comments:
I have tried to post on this blog twice. It doesn't like me apperantly. However, I will try again. If multiple posts appear, it's not my fault...
Okay: Smoothies seem like too much of a commitment to me. You have to buy all that fruit and experiment with all those different juices... and half the time the stuff isn't even drinkable. My Sister likes smoothies... she uses stuff like wheat grass and other nasty stuff. When she gets finished, her smoothies are a dull greenish gray. Not appetising in the least. Then again, my Mom has an electric juicer. Any fruit in the house that seems to be at it's peak of ripeness.. or a wee bit beyond is fair game for Mom's juices. These things are nasty at best. They're never sweet... they often taste like... I don't know, nasty socks that have been mysted with a citrus-smelling air freshener. And you have to act like you're impressed with the juice to keep from hurting her feelings.... and then dump as much of it down the drain without her noticing... and then avoid the refill of your glass. That's the tricky part. So, Sarah, I guess, came by the nasty drink thing natuarally.
All this to say, hey, thanks for blogging.
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Becca Vennie, at 1:14 AM, March 31, 2007
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