Friday Smiles 382: Silver does not go with copper and cobalt blue

 

It's Friday, which means it's time to join Friday Smiles, hosted by Annie (at A Stitch in Time).  Let's visit Annie and the other wonderful ladies who also share their smiles each Friday.    

As I've told you for the past three weeks, I have been unable to upload photos to my blog due to the "Cloud." If you were here for T Stands For Tuesday, you read I finally figured out a work around.  I simply copy my photos to a "recently used" file and am able to place them on my blog.  Extra work, but at least all these photos I have on my computer can now go on my blog.  Once I have published or scheduled my blog post, I go in and delete the copied files.

Some of you know my old refrigerator/freezer died recently.  It didn't actually die, it wouldn't quit running.  Not much fun when I'm trying to keep my electric bills low.  At least the food stayed cold and frozen, so I didn't lose too much there.

It was Memorial weekend and I needed something that was in stock.

This is the style I wanted, but not the color.  Many have read in the past that I am driven by color.

After a series of mishaps and missteps I won't go into here, you see where I got the title for today's post.  The step stool is there because I can't reach the top two shelves without it.

I needed a ladder to get the frufrus on the top of the fridge.

I obviously didn't think it through because I was so focused on getting a fridge with a freezer on the bottom.  Yes, I am that short!

This baby is HUGE compared to my old one.

My internet friend, Mae showed her magnets that she rotates as she gets new ones.

These are mine.  It's no secret I love anything Route 66, one of the original highways in the U. S. Numbered Highway System.  My house in Webb City, Missouri (MO) was on the direct route between Joplin and Carthage, MO.  I can only imagine what the road was like back then, especially when people went on vacation and traveled by my house.  Of course, I was not even born when Route 66 was in its heyday.  The two lane road, that ran through the town, garnered a lot of business for the local economy.  When the road changed to a four lane highway, many of those businesses died.  One of the businesses about three blocks from my home still called itself the Route 66 Meat and Deli.  The owners were willing to tell anyone who would listen about the old route and its significance.

Under the Route 66 magnets are a koala thermometer, our Wichita flag, and a hand-blown gift from a friend.

 

Look closely at the magnet below the turkey and you will see the presidents on Mount Rushmore.

Look at it from another angle, and the presidents disappear, leaving the mountain before it was carved.

The other magnets two of which are from Strataca, the salt mine museum I visited in the past, one from the Cosmosphere, and one from Australia sent to me by Sue, aka Elephant's Child.  

 

The turkey?  A magnet I failed to pack with my Thanksgiving decorations from last autumn.

  I think I'll leave it on that note!!

I hope a few of these made you smile and I won't ask how you feel about my new fridge.  I want some white spray paint!  Thanks for spending part of your Friday here.  Bleubeard and I would love to see you at Friday Smiles, too.