Farewell, Free Frumpy Fridge

Our fridge died. But it does not call for any sorrow. Not one tear. We were given this fridge when we moved into our home almost 3 years ago. It was the previous owner's garage fridge (read: old and unattractive, but still useful). And when you are buying a home and someone offers something free to furnish it, you take it (as long as it's something you need)! At least that's our motto. It was almond in color, which just wouldn't do. So I researched and then went to Home Depot to buy black appliance spray paint. I gave that baby a good coat of black paint, making it look rather dapper. But that doesn't mean the love was strong. The freezer door did not have bars, making the space in the door rather useless which caused many an annoyance. At one point we had duct tape on there as a makeshift bar (yes, we really are that classy), but duct tape doesn't hold all that well in freezing temperatures. But the thing kept our food cold and that's all we could ask. I was grateful to have a refrigerator.

Over the last month our milk was going bad. Milk doesn't go bad in this house. We are milk fanatics. We were perplexed, thinking that Costco had printed the wrong date on their milk. But after it happened twice I offered the explanation that perhaps our refrigerator wasn't cooling as it should. Sure enough, after a thermometer test, my theory was proven. Tyler thinks I sabotaged it (as in, cutting a wire or some other devious thing to move along the dying process). And maybe I did. Maybe my occasional thought, "I wish this thing would just die" did cause this poor old fridge to give up, knowing it wasn't loved. Appreciated, but not loved. Farewell, to the frumpy free fridge that served us well. We are grateful for your service, but let's be honest, we're not so sad to see you go.

Hello, GE Profile fancy pants fridge! Okay, so you, dear reader, may have a much fancier fridge, but this is about a million times fancier than what we had. It will be delivered on Monday. I will kiss it when it arrives.