I am beginning to think that there is a big black cloud following us around and that every now and then.....it rains.....or pours. Thursday morning, Tom got a soda out of the refrigerator. Not a big deal, normally. But the soda was room temperature at best. He didn't think about it until he got something else out and it was cool not cold. We have a temperature gage at the top of the door and it showed 60 degrees...not what it is suppose to be. 'Bad Thing' He asked if the door could have been left open? But since we have an alarm that beeps periodically and can wake me up in the middle of the night....I thought that it was unlikely that the door was open. The next thing would be to turn the temperature down, make sure that the door is closed and see if the temperature drops. Off to work he goes to leave me to checking it out. After a few minutes.....no the temperature has not gone down. 'BAD THING' Okay, so we know that the refrigerator is not working. Luckily, we do have a spare refrigerator in the garage that we use for sodas, watermelon, and anything else that doesn't fit in the house. 'Good Thing' The spare refrigerator is almost completely empty. I can pile almost everything in....of course, we might not be able to find the mustard or anything for a salad.
I go looking for the instruction book to see if there is a 'quick fix' to get the cooling going. Have a 'good thing, bad thing' 
moment. 'Good Thing'--We do have a 'service contract' with Kenmore that is good until February of 2009. And it has the 800 number to call. I call the number and get the proverbial hard to understand person on the phone....after all it is before 6am. But get transferred to the service/repair center. BAD THING!....they only come to our area on Tuesday and Friday.....and there are no appointments open for this Friday. So it will be the Tuesday before Christmas before they can get to us. I asked about getting up in the line if someone 'no shows' for their repair on Friday.....but they have less than a 20% no show. So guess that we will wait till Tuesday. Then he asks....is the freezer working? All I can think is .... I really hope so! (After a successful deer hunting season, our freezers are packed! There is no where to put anything else. There are all kinds of deer meat in both the freezer and the freezer section of the spare refrigerator. Both are packed for the winter. Good Thing/Bad Thing) With the phone.....I slowly open the door to look at the temperature ....and.....Yeah! It is working! It seems that there is a fan that blows the cold air from the freezer on the bottom to the refrigerator on the top. And that is probably where the problem is. 'Easy to fix' for the repairman.
'Good Thing' I get to use the time to completely clean the inside and behind the refrigerator....but it fits so tightly in the spot that I can't get it to move out far enough to get behind it! 'Bad Thing' I have to wait till Tom gets home to get it out far enough. I'll just do what I can and get busy with the inside.
With all the regular refrigerator stuff in the garage, we either have to be really quick in and out or dress like Nanook of the North to go get stuff for a sandwich.....Did I mention that we might not be able to find the mustard?.....and did I mention.......I hate the cold!!?
We now have a really clean refrigerator for the repairman to work on...... Tuesday....when he gets here. 'Good Thing?'
Now about that black cloud and 'Good Thing / Bad Thing'. BAD....refrigerator is not working....wait till Tuesday for repair.... really cold weekend. GOOD.... have a spare refrigerator.... have service contract.... have clean refrigerator (now).... have meat for the winter..... have Nanook of the North costume...... Did I mention that I HATE THE COLD!!??
moment. 'Good Thing'--We do have a 'service contract' with Kenmore that is good until February of 2009. And it has the 800 number to call. I call the number and get the proverbial hard to understand person on the phone....after all it is before 6am. But get transferred to the service/repair center. BAD THING!....they only come to our area on Tuesday and Friday.....and there are no appointments open for this Friday. So it will be the Tuesday before Christmas before they can get to us. I asked about getting up in the line if someone 'no shows' for their repair on Friday.....but they have less than a 20% no show. So guess that we will wait till Tuesday. Then he asks....is the freezer working? All I can think is .... I really hope so! (After a successful deer hunting season, our freezers are packed! There is no where to put anything else. There are all kinds of deer meat in both the freezer and the freezer section of the spare refrigerator. Both are packed for the winter. Good Thing/Bad Thing) With the phone.....I slowly open the door to look at the temperature ....and.....Yeah! It is working! It seems that there is a fan that blows the cold air from the freezer on the bottom to the refrigerator on the top. And that is probably where the problem is. 'Easy to fix' for the repairman.'Good Thing' I get to use the time to completely clean the inside and behind the refrigerator....but it fits so tightly in the spot that I can't get it to move out far enough to get behind it! 'Bad Thing' I have to wait till Tom gets home to get it out far enough. I'll just do what I can and get busy with the inside.
With all the regular refrigerator stuff in the garage, we either have to be really quick in and out or dress like Nanook of the North to go get stuff for a sandwich.....Did I mention that we might not be able to find the mustard?.....and did I mention.......I hate the cold!!?
We now have a really clean refrigerator for the repairman to work on...... Tuesday....when he gets here. 'Good Thing?'
Now about that black cloud and 'Good Thing / Bad Thing'. BAD....refrigerator is not working....wait till Tuesday for repair.... really cold weekend. GOOD.... have a spare refrigerator.... have service contract.... have clean refrigerator (now).... have meat for the winter..... have Nanook of the North costume...... Did I mention that I HATE THE COLD!!??
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