Friday, November 27, 2009

I survived Black Friday...

...well, not exactly! We made a trip to Sears this morning, but only because we had to buy a refrigerator.  Why? Because my refrigerator croaked on Thanksgiving...the refrigerator side died, but the freezer is still working.

It managed to keep everything in the bottom of the refrigerator cold, but stuff on the top shelves was hosed. The turkey was fine, but the turkey broth I made for the gravy went bad over night. Eventually the entire refrigerator stopped keeping things cold, so we started putting ice and frozen things inside to keep it cold. My biggest worry was the leftovers. Rather than lose all of that, I froze half of the stuffing and everything else that was critical went into a large cooler with plenty of ice.

This is the second time this has happened with this refrigerator. The first time we had it repaired because it was only about 5 years old. This time we decided not to repair it.  So off we went to Sears to take advantage of their sale. The earliest they could deliver the new one is Sunday, so we have two days without a refrigerator. :-(

Other than that little hitch, dinner turned out fine. The oven on my new range is a dream and it was very cool to be able to cook the stuffing and the yams at the same time. Heaven!

Sorry about the no picture Friday...just couldn't find anything I wanted to take a picture of. It's raining on and off, so even a sky picture is out!  Next week will be better!

1 comment:

Just Jane said...

I do believe the fridge was jealous of all the attention the new stove was getting....soooooooo did you get the fancy one you've been drooling over with the extra refrigerator/freezer choice compartment?? Our Thanksgiving was a zoo and then some...unbelievable... it really was!! NEVER AGAIN...so I say...then "black friday" found us at Sears as well, but for some pictures while Hunter is here...PLUS a trip to the SEES counter...where we managed to relieve ourselves of the certificate....and are really, really enjoying our nuts and chews...THANK YOU

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