Little things in life.

It's sometimes the little  things in life that make a difference  and I still get great pleasure when small things come right.  This is where is gets a bit sad, not tearful sad,  but the fact that I got so pleased over such  trivial things  this week.

To go back a few days:    the letters I posted on Wednesday morning both arrived in UK on Friday morning,  one at 9.30 -  I didn't know the post was delivered so early anymore!  I didn't expect to hear that they'd arrived till next week so was really surprised when I rang my MIL on Saturday and she said what wonderful photos and video she'd seen the previous afternoon. 

Then the next day while doing our after Christmas / January stock-up I bought a pack of 3 icecube trays.  Not on the list but hey, only 1.75 and a lovely purple colour too.  Actually we have loads of ice cube trays,  none of which are reliable and most have split or broken.   They've come with the fridge or freezer, or been bought especially because they look and feel 'rubbery' and you think the ice cube will pop out easily.  But normally not so.   The trays get too hard and brittle,  sometimes the ice cube shatters - if we wanted crushed ice we'd use the ice crusher   (an Xmas pressie years ago for making fancy cocktails) 

In a bag tucked away on a shelf we have the remains of  probably 6 or 7 icecube trays,  some of them are only in 2's,  some have cracks and none do the job properly but  I keep them as they are good for freezing chopped basil in, or chopped chillis,  add a bit of water or oil and then the cube can go straight into whatever you're cooking.

So the purple ones came home, got filled with water and they do just what they should.  They are rubbery, very pliable, the cubes are large and best of all they don't stick to the tray and shatter into bits in your drink.   We get through a lot of ice, especially in the hot weather, so next time we do the monthly stock up,  I'll make sure that purple trays are on the shopping list.