- We do have a spare refrigerator in the basement, and a chest freezer.
- My husband moved everything down there.
- (I later paid him back by being the one to find a disgusting dog accident and clean it up.)
- My husband also cleaned behind and under the fridge after I asked him to move it for me so I could do it.
- We haven't had to throw away any food yet.
- I will probably lose 5 pounds from a) all the trips back and forth to the basement and b) the deterrence factor of said trips.
- The repairman is on his way.
- If the fridge is salvageable, it will be the cleanest it's been in years, since I'll scrub it sparkling before I refill it.
- If it's not, I just read that October is the best month to get a good deal on new appliances.
- It's not yet cold enough to keep our perishables on the porch.
[grudgingly] I guess I feel a little better. Anything I forgot?
Update, Tuesday: After $62 and the removal of two handfuls of dust and a magnetic dart from inside the bottom of the fridge ... it works fine. My husband is mourning the loss of his stainless steel dreams.
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Ah, the power of positive thinking! When our fridge died 2 years ago, I was mortified at how dirty the floor underneath the old one was. Not that I've cleaned it since, of course, but ... wow.
Ummm... excuse to go out to eat? I remember the trauma of losing our fridge two years ago, which luckily did happen during a cold snap, so we used our porch as a temporary fridge. But I must admit that it was very nice to get a new fridge, one a'them fancy ones with the filtered water that comes out the door.
A lower electric bill.
Ours died last month. Not salvagable and belonged to our landlady. So we had to wait for her to get us a new one. We lost all our food. Yuck. You are lucky to have a spare! Good luck on the new one. Oh, and what Summer said: an excuse to eat out.
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I can't believe that you called a repairman. Have you tried faith healing it first?
When it gets cold enough, we start calling our garage (which is adjacent to the kitchen) the "walk-in". It always amuses me.
Sorry about your fridge.
my condolances.
If your old fridge is a goner, you can get a new one with all the features you want... or some of them at least!
Oh, bummer. Order Chinese and blame it on the fridge, I guess.
You can pick out a new fridge with cool features?
And a lower electric bill to boot!
The eight ball tells me a new stainless steel is in the near future for you...
A new fridge would be much, much more energy efficient, I'm sure!
Sorry to hear about it though.
Oh I feel for you.
Our fridge went out on a very hot day two months ago. I had to transfer everything to a cooler filled with ice.
Turns out it was a simple repair. Thank goodness!
Ugh. You are a better woman than I. I'd still be griping about everything except the opportunity to clean out all the crap that has collected underneath the fridge.
Keep thinking on the bright side! There's nothing you can do to change the situation other than the way you look at it.
Also, don't forget the blog fodder. You can never discount that!
Awww I would love a stainless steel fridge, hehehe I typed steal to start with and that's the only way I'll get one.
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YAY! Only $62? That's fantastic!
$62? That's pretty good! Far cheaper than a new fridge, although I guess you'll lose out on the benefits of having to go to the basement. Maybe put all of the snack foods and high-cal foods in the basement?
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