So what is on the front of your refrigerator?
By jillhill
@jillhill (37354)
United States
October 26, 2008 7:33pm CST
I have been trying to keep it to a minimum. I used to have a ton of magnets but now only have a few. I have two easter ones that really should come down...two magnet frames with a pictures in them. Three calling cards or business cards..an old lottery ticket I have never gotten time to check and a magnet that says...believe in the magic of your dreams! I also have a magnet my 8 year old granddaughter made in school last year. She drew a picture and they had them made into magnets! So what is on the front of your refrigerator?
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@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I have pictures of my daughter. Some magnets of ABC's and 1,2,3's. Some art work and homework assignments of my daughters doing. A calendar of school events. And a cartoon my hubby cut from the local paper. Wow! guess I need to clean it off a bit.
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@dreamleaper17 (702)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
There's only one magnet on the front of my refrigerator: TODAY IS THE BEST DAY and under it are the bills for electricity and water.
Really neat, right? *wink*
P.S.
Since the holidays are coming up, perhaps your granddaughter can earn some Christmas goodies for her magnets.. :')
@dreamleaper17 (702)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
oops.. i just came from the kitchen. the magnet actually says: "TODAY IS GOD'S GIFT".. :)
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@laglen (19759)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I have a few picture frames that my daughter made when she was younger with her picture in them. I have a basket with magnets that hold our tickets and passes to entertainment (I get a lot of free tix), and chip clips with magnets. I know what you mean by trying to keep it to a minimum, it fills up fast!
@agrant10 (1476)
• United States
27 Oct 08
My refrigerator has precious items on it, My childrens class pictures and little mangets of stars and circles. I also have a calendar on it. When my kids were younger I would keep the alphabets on it and they would go stand up by the fridge and make words. Since they are much older now I have replaced them with pictures and other little keepsakes.
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@dwcorona (187)
• United States
27 Oct 08
I have different magnets and the lunch calendar for school, and a dry erase calendar so I don't forget appointments. I always put any important papers from school on there, like for meetings or sports schedules! and pictures of my boys and family, and art work that they make! LOL yeah it's alot!
@jamesgrub (673)
• United States
27 Oct 08
when i was younger we use to have so much stuff on the front of our refrigerator. we use to have pictures that we took, good grades that we got in school, all kinds of cool magnets and we had the ones that are letters. now we do not have anything on our fridge though because we got a brand new one thats really nice and we just never put magnets back up there plus were older and do not really have that much stuff to put up there anymore.
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@Fishmomma (11377)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Mine is covered in magnets. I collect them and this is a great place to display them. People love to comment on several of the older ones.
@simplyshawn (650)
• United States
24 Nov 08
Pictures, pictures and more pictures. I look forward to christmas because I clean off the front of my refrigerator and look forward to putting up new photos of family and friends. All the photos cover 75% of the fridge/freezer. After we've gotten most of our christmas cards and put up the pictures it is a huge reminder of how blessed we are to have great family and so many friends that care enough to share their pictures with us. I really look forward to it.
I do put pictures my kids have drawn on the fridge too, but usually I hang them on another wall. We don't have too many magnets, only a few. They seem to fall off a lot and I get tired of walking on them and picking them up.
But I love my photos.
@dhedows118 (891)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
I had some pictures in front of our refrigerator and some ref magnet from different countries I went to.
There's also a magnetic memo pad for some list my maid needs to do for the day and a list for things I need to buy.
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@SukiSmiles (1991)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Ha, I had to go run to my fridge to see what's on there! Looks like lots of junk to me. Old school assignments from my kids and magnets from sonic. But they are kinda cool because you make a game with them. The most important thing on there is the emergency contact information for anyone babysitting/house sitting/dog-fish-turtle-bird-plant sitting. I think I'll go take those old faded assignment off now.
@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Let me see, there are pizza cupons, a baseball schedule, a couple of recipes that I found on line, and a good size magnet that says, Remember, as far as anyone else knows, we are a nice, normal family! My daughter was going through a rough time when I bought it. She was with me that day, and it made her laugh, so I bought it, and stuck it on the fridge so she sees it every morning. That was almost 2 years ago, and it still makes her smile.
@thebohemianheart (8827)
• United States
27 Oct 08
All I could think when I read this was Shrek and Donkey singing I like big butts.
@CurveyGirl (20)
• United States
27 Oct 08
Just passing thru and I'd like to say "thanks"....now I have that song stuck in my head!! I hate when that happens.
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@rrowenaa (834)
• Philippines
27 Oct 08
this is fun so i took a glimpse on our refrigerator door. hmmm...a lot of - barbie, pooh, dora stickers! a hand towel and two hook magnets, and some some notes! even the side of our refrigerator has something on it...hmmm stickers again and a prayer note! :)
@vikkiadam (59)
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27 Oct 08
I have 8 farm animal magnets which my 3 year old son picked out. They are neatly surrounding his lovely painting of him and 'Diamondhead' - His faveourite character from the cartoon Ben 10. That's currently all that is on there. I've only had the refrigerator for a few weeks so who know's what else will make its way up there in the future!
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@ronaldinu (12422)
• Malta
30 Oct 08
We have a timetable of my son's schedule, the piano lesson that the teacher keeps changing from week to week, the scouts appointments and other school activities that we should keep note of. Sometimes there are other memos that we have to remind ourselves. © ronaldinu 2008
@munhozmib (3836)
• Sao Paulo, Brazil
28 Oct 08
Hello, JillHill.
My mother is not the kind of woman that fills the front of our refrigerator with magnets. I mean, you can see that there are people who really put a LOT of magnets. I bet the visitors can't figure out that it is a refrigerator before they see somebody opening it, because it is so full of magnets that you don't even know what is that.
Now, my mother has some pictures of me and my brother, while useful phone numbers are on the right side of the refrigerator, which is partially covered by other kitchen furnitures, making it a little bit hidden. It is really great to know that, whenever you need something, just go to the right side of the refrigerator and there will be phone numbers in there (pizza and gas, for example). It leaves the front of the refrigerator clear.
Respectfully,
Munhozmib.
@PearlGrace (3171)
• United States
3 Nov 08
The magnet your granddaughter made sounds like fun. So does those frames with pictures. I've seen those in stores and thought they would be pretty cool.
On our fridge, we have a small calendar that has "tear-off" pages for each month of the year. We also have a magnet of a Henry David Thoreau saying--"Live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find eternity in each moment..." And we have an article I clipped out of the USA Today called "How to eat smarter, younger" that lists 10 foods that age you and 10 foods that fight aging.
What a weird concoction of stuff for 1 refrigerator!
@Shar19 (8231)
• United States
28 Oct 08
We have magnets that I've had forever. I also have a couple of my daughter's school work from this week. Each week I put two new ones up and take the old ones down to display her "work". I have a coupon for a restaurant and for a hair salon. I also have a photo magnet of my wedding day.
@emilyheartbreak (30)
• United States
28 Oct 08
I actually don't have any magnets on my refrigerator right now. But I think it's cute to have things your kids made you (i dont have kids, though, so no magnets). I used to have a pad of paper to write reminders on or a cleaning schedule. I've also found it really useful to have doctors appointments posted on the refrigerator since thats where i spend most of my time...in the fridge. I'm not really a big fan of big magnets with sayings on them, though, cause it seems like anytime someone shuts the door a little too hard, they fall off onto the floor.