Dealing with the crap - literally!

OK - so this is in response to my dear friend Shelly's post about dealing with the crap in her home. Well, she should have been a fly on the wall at my house today - now I am going to tell you about what dealing with the crap really means! There were 2 not so fun things I had to deal with today - Number 1 - a clogged toilet, and Number 2 - a defrosted freezer.
Number 1 - The clogged Toilet
This toilet has been clogged for 2 days - that's right folks, when I got home yesterday afternoon after Lorne had left to go to the airport, I found a clogged toilet full of - that's right folks - crap. and it was not a pretty sight. Well, I was so busy that I didn't have time to take care of it until this evening. The saga begins when I couldn't find the plunger. Now, Lorne thinks these tools should be left in bathrooms - I disagree. They are nasty and full of germs and how many times do they get washed after they have done a dirty deed like unclog a toilet? Besides, not in my remodeled bathrooms will you find a plunger!
Exasperated, I went to the garage to look for it but our garage is a MESS and while I was out there I discovered problem number 2 (more on that later). I picked up some of the trash to make a path for myself and lo and behold - there was the plunger. I went inside to plunge away and within a few seconds, we were clear but the plunger was a sanitary nightmare so I put it outside to hose off later. I was really wishing Lorne was home so he could have taken care of this mess but alas, my husband is gone all the time!
Number 2 - Defrosted Freezer
As I was looking for the plunger, I noticed that the freezer door was open! This is NOT a good sign as it needs to stay closed to keep the cool air IN. Well, I think it must have been open all day because nearly everything in there was defrosted - and if you have ever seen my freezer, that is a lot of food! Well, I had to get to work. So after I put Jasmine to bed, I marched in the garage and began throwing away food that I knew was not going to keep and also was not good anymore now that it had sat in a water puddle all day. My heart sank as I did this - my trashcan is now full of food!
I was able to salvage a few things, and tomorrow I will cook the 3 lbs. of cubed beef and the full ham I managed to save. Some of you may find me on your porch offering you one of the 6 packages of bacon that had thawed!
Needless to say this freezer was a mess so after I took the food inventory I had to take out some of the glaciers that had formed from the last 2 years that I haven't defrosted the thing. I got soaked doing this task but it HAD to be done and if I didn't do it, who would? Well, here is the picture of what it looked like when I was done.

Now, this is what I call taking care of the crap!