Getting ready for the new refrigerator.

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With everything going on in my life...getting ready for the elections (I work on the elections board), finishing teddy bears for a craft show on the 12th of November, and trying to sort and clean up the house my refrigerator decided to die. I had hoped for it to last a few more weeks...until things settled down in my life. No such luck. It died on Monday and we went in Wednesday to shop for a new one. My Boy Friend decided to buy it for me, and I was informed rather firmly NOT to check price tags but concentrate on the refrigerator and making sure that it was what I "WANTED". We went to the local Lowes store and I found the one I liked almost immediately. I looked up to check how many square feet that the fridge had and my boyfriend immediately reined me up sort about checking price tags. I had to silence him by telling him that I was looking for the cubic feet that the fridge had and not the price (I wasn't entirely honest....I was also checking the price). I finally decided on the fridge. It's a 21 cubic foot Maytag unit. I lucked out big time as the fridge was marked down to under $700 (which is the budget I had set for a new fridge). We did all the paperwork and asked when it could be delivered. The sales person asked if we had a working fridge and I replied "No" and she promptly checked the delivery schedule and found that today was out but they could deliver on Friday. Score big time! So, I realized that I had to empty out the old fridge and deal with all the spoiled food and other stuff. I don't like cleaning out fridges and I was in awe at how much my tiny fridge held. I have my counters full of containers of food that needs to be disposed of. I still have more to go through, including the freezer and the deli drawers. What is even more aggravating is that the fridge is working again, when previously the only part of the fridge that worked was the interior light. But I'm not too upset about that as the fridge I have is 12 years old and it is about due to be replaced. Friday I need to do the "big round up" and catch and confine 11 cats. I plan to put them in the back bedroom where they will be safe and secure. I'm definitely NOT looking forward to doing the round up, but I would rather have my cats safe and secure rather than scattered all over the place. Sigh, back to clearing out the old fridge and dealing with cleaning it so I don't look like a total slob.