Hello, New Refridgerator!

      A couple of years ago we replaced our normal-size refrigerator (it had died from old old age) with a 3.2cc dorm-size unit.  With just 'us', having the chest freezer was enough freezer space and the refrigerator space was usually large enough...except when Jeff bought beef, pork and chicken to can all at the same time...so it seemed like a good idea.  It really cut the electric bill!  Last week...just about that 90 degree day...our little refrigerator decided it had had it and gave up the ghost...or ran out of gas!  Jeff tried to buy a gas kit to replenish it but couldn't find a tap for the line.  We spent a couple of days looking on-line and in the stores for another dorm-size unit and found a 4.5cc Kenmore at K-Mart that had to be ordered, a 4.5cc no-name brand at Walmart and a 4.5 cc Kenmore at Sears that we could just pick up and take home.  We ended up with the Kenmore at Sears that came with a 3 year replacement warranty.  (We've had good luck with replacement warranties having gotten one on the reciprocating saw we got at Lowe and replaced 3 times just for the cost of the warranty!) We got it today and Jeff 's just finishing switching the way the door opens and making sure it's level. 

Since it's larger than the one it replaces there's less room on top so I'm going to have to find a new home for the junk that lived on top.  The Pyrex 9x13 pan will still fit and the square CorningWare dishes can nestle inside the Pyres but the cereal boxes  and nut chopper will have to go somewhere else.  Oh, the Berkey still fits next to it and they look good together since they're both stainless steel.  Now we're looking at paint chips for the cupboard and walls but that can wait.  There's always something.  My mother said there was a saying in Italian that said don't bitch at somebody, just tell them to buy a house.