When I lived in the states I thought one of life's necessities was a refrigerator with an icemaker. An icemaker on the blink was a disaster (hi Bob! hi Iris!)
I also thought it was absolutely necessary to own a dishwasher. The mechanical kind, with soap dispensers and racks and all that. Not the nice boyfriend kind. Well...now that I think about it the nice boyfriend kind definitely has advantages...
...Where was I? Oh, things I couldn't live without back in the states. A clothes washer and dryer. A landline phone AND a cell phone. More than one TV.
What I now consider essentials are slightly different.
I have a very simple but quite adequate refrigerator. I have a microwave, a computer, wireless internet, a cell phone. Wow, that's a lot now that I think about it. More than most of the world has.
I occasionally use my gas stove and my one TV, but mostly that's to boil water (the stove) and watch DVDs (the TV).
So, back to the essentials. The real essential during these hot humid days is the swimming pool. Really, I can't imagine life here without it. I would give up the appliances to keep the pool.
There are a few other things it would be hard to give up: internet and computer -- pretty much necessary for work and play. Oh, and boyfriend (hi Terry!).
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Dish the details, girlfriend!
A fridge with an icemaker in Mexico wouldn't work out unless you could somehow fill it with bottled water. I wouldn't want ice made with tap water. But I have to admit, we go out and buy bagged ice, because we use so much of it in summer, ice trays wouldn't cut it.
Oh, yes, I agree on the essentials -- the boyfriend, Internet, cell phone, and cat. But I, too, could give the remainder up for the pool. It's another place of being.
You have to fill your own ice trays in a land where most can't freeze water in any case? The suffering must be interminable!
At least you can enjoy water in another state in that nice pool - something even less possessed in Mexico.
Try and enjoy it all anyway...
I actually know some people who bought a fridge that dispenses ice and cold water -- they had to get a pump to attach to the water bottles, so much work!
Hey, Nancy, the boyfriend may show up more in these posts.
Michelle, totally agree. There's something about water...
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