Our Refrigerator Saga...

Ron and I have been married almost 11 years and since day one, we have always gotten stuck with the most terrible refrigerators in each of the apartments we have lived in as well as our home. Our first refrigerator was so old the appliance repair man called it a dinosaur. It was dirty, it leaked and it boosted the electrical bill each month. We complained constantly to our landlord and he never replaced it -until two weeks before we moved out! Our second apartment was just as bad. The thing was Barbie doll size and during the hot summer months it would sweat and drip puddles on the floor. We tried to live with it. Finally that one was replaced when we came home after a week's vacation to mold growing on the walls because we had closed all the windows in the aparment and the moisture buildup caused major problems. Again a new fridge arrives just as we are packing up to move out. Fast forwad to our present home and once again, a disaster! The fridge here is shorter than me. I have to make sure Anna is nowhere near it when I open the freezer door because things inevitably fall out due to the small size.

Anyway, when Ron and I met with the architect to draw up plans for the addition, I basically designed the kitchen around the new side by side fridge I had dreamed of. It is a special color called graphite metallic that we just loved. Well, when it came time to order all the materials, we decided to hold off on the fridge for one more year to save some money. We ordered the matching dishwasher since the kitchen didn't have one and planned on getting the new fridge within the next year. Well, I promise you that since that decision was made, every time I went into Home Depot, I would visit 'my fridge'. I'd open the doors, imagine them filled with home cooked meals, and I would say to Anna "Someday, we are going to have this beautiful refrigerator in our house". Pathetic I know. Well, this past weekend Anna and I stopped by Home Depot to get some more flowers for our garden and I decided to see if my fridge was on sale ......however it was nowhere to be found! After searching the entire store I was told by the saleswoman that my graphite metallic color HAD BEEN DISCONTINUED! We searched all the Home Depots within driving distance and located one store that had ONE left -it was a floor model however. They said it had minor scratches but if we were interested, we could have it for 60% off! Did God have his hand in this or what! We made the trip and signed papers. There are a few scratches but nothing that a little compound and appliance paint can't touch up. Plus they are all near the bottom. My side by side refrigerator was delivered today. I'll spare you the ordeal we went through to get it up the front steps and in the front door but we did get it in. It looks great! Something tells me this will be a big grocery bill this week!