Right, so perhaps we all know that the Ruggles are not swift action-taking folks. Jared brought us our new(used) fridge in the middle of that freakishly huge rain storm last week and planted it in the living room. He lovingly dried it off, including taking off the back panel and blow drying the electrical bits, and plugged it in to start cooling. Hurray!
The next morning, I scoured that fridge. Because no matter how clean you keep a fridge, when it is turned off, it starts growing stuff. So me, some bleach, some soap, some hot water, some rags, and some qtips all spent a few sweaty hours together. Then I had to let the fridge cool back down since I'd had the doors open all that time.
After that, I started transferring what food hadn't spoiled from the old fridge into the new fridge which was still in the living room. Did I say "was"? That's right; it is still there. The old fridge is unplugged and sitting in its regular space in the kitchen. It is waiting to get wheeled to the curb on trash day (since we just didn't mosey ourselves down to the curb on the last trash day). And we are all happily living out of the fridge in the living room.
And may I say, it is totally fun! I mean when you are watching tv. Want a drink? I don't have to wait for a commercial (no, we do not have tivo) because I can just take three steps to my fridge. Same for ice cream and popsicles and sandwiches. All kids think it is kinda amazing, like the grownups have lost their minds and they don't want to clue us in to that fact. However, it is less pleasant when cooking. Obviously because you have to tromp all the way to the living room for your ingredients. And when I say "tromp all the way," I mean a dozen whole steps rather than 3. Taxing.
Hopefully, on Thursday, we'll move that sucker into the kitchen and resume life as A Typical Family.
4 comments:
My family was slow moving too when it came to fridges. When I was a kid and ours broke luckily it was winter because my parents just had us keep everything in the snow and garage for the weeks until we got another one. Definitely not as cool as in the living room!
I wanted to hit the "Like" button, but i couldnt find one! Maybe you could find one more used one and have one in
both places ... Problem solved!
Sounds like an episode out of some show that I can't seem to think of right now.
Rachel - that is super cool!
Lori - I wish I could afford the electricity bill for two fridges. We tried it once, and it is too steep. A mini-fridge, however...
Alisha - they owe me royalties!
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