Tuesday, August 9, 2011

Brand New-ish House. (and the fridge that almost killed me)

So. Ethan has already proven his skills in packing.. this photo of him in Seth's tie shows his UN-packing skills. Such a super duper helper!!! :)






So, before we get to the photo of the house (since its not very exciting) I want to take a moment to remember the saga of the broken-ish brand new-ish refrigerator.



Here's how it began.



Seth had been researching a new fridge for about a month, because we knew we would need to get one. We set aside money, shopped and prepared for this very moment. And we went with the fancier bigger one, because, well, I like to buy a ton of produce at a time, and i freeze a lot of meals, so, there you have it. Seth found a liquidator in Gresham that sold beautiful NEW refrigerators that had been sent back to the manufacturer due to scratches on the exterior. This isnt the first time we've bought a fridge like this, and i felt pretty alright with it. Considering, they send it back to the manufacterer specifically to ensure that there was no damage done to the function of the unit, just scratches. So there it was, Seth borrowed his dad's deisel truck and trailer and went and got it, borrowed some man power to get it unloaded. He had to take all the handles off the fridge, and the door off our house to get it INSIDE and there it fit, snug as a bug in a rug (really, what does that mean anyway??) And he plugged it in and i preceded to go to the old place to pack up my food and bring it over. I was exhausted at this point, as i had been packing/unpacking for well over 10 hours two days straight, and i just wear out quicker these days.. ANYWAY..



I got all the food loaded into the shiny new fridge and freezer and voila! I THEN preceded to go to the grocery store, as i had been avoiding it in antcipation of this big move, So i bought my $60 worth and got home with my treasures and i was done! Later that evening I was going to bed (i think it was 8:30) and Seth went to check and make sure the temp was coming down, and sadly it had not. I figured since i had just loaded it down with a bunch of grocery store food, it had warmed it up a bit.. I woke up at 10:30 and seth was sitting in the living room waiting for the temp to lower. He had gone to fred meyer and gotten dry ice to pack in there and it STILL wasnt working. The freezer was functioning fine, but the fridge.. not.





We went to bed at that point completely discouraged and defeated and woke in the morning to the same exact issue. I threw away all the perishibles, tried to giggle to keep from crying, and went to work. I called the appliance store and they said that "all i had to do was hit the reset buttons"... sure--- make it sound so easy. Who is gonna pay for my groceries?.... Seth went home right away and tried it and a few hours later nothing had changed. I was crying at that point, because they insisted that if i wanted it fixed we would have to drive it BACK to gresham to have it repaired.. you did read the part about what it took to get it IN the house right?.. you can understand my tears at this point.. i hope...so anyway, Seth hit the "MAGIC RESET" buttons again at his lunchtime in a last ditch attempt, and when i got home from work that night, miracle of miracles it was WORKING! And so, without further ado... the most amazing, stupid, beautiful, awful, wonderful fridge you ever saw.. (it is rather nice i must say, Seth did a great job) . Enjoy.




Oh and Here's the house. The photo truly does it very little justice.. We are very excited to paint soon. And I plan to do some fun before and after photos of the inside. :) Its a great little one level 70's three bed, two bath and we love it!


By the way. if you need the name of a place NOT to buy an appliance.. let me know.





1 comment:

  1. wow, stupid fridge!! Horrible to have all those wasted groceries :(

    BUT hooray for Seth for getting it to work!!

    Congratulations on your "first" house! YAY! That's huge!

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