Sigh... I really thought about beading this weekend, but life intervened. Hubby was in hospital about a month ago and had a lithotripsy (SP?) for a stone longed in his tube between the kidney and bladder. He wasn't sure if he had passed anything until last night - when half of it came out. It was about an inch long and about 3/8 inch in diameter - ouch - and you won't believe this - it looked like a geode half with druzy! I told him, "I know you love mineral specimens, but making your own geodes is going too far!" LOL Don't worry, we gave it to the doc for analysis, we won't be selling it on eBay! hahahahahaha She said that stones came in all sorts of colors - this was news to us. Weird, huh? He still has to pass the other half. Oh great, something to look forward to!
Anyhow, today my new frig was supposed to come, and when the delivery guy called at 7 AM for a delivery time, we had to postpone it to go to the doc. Delivery guy didn't seem to be too happy with this, and wanted to deliver b4 lunch. So when we get back from doc around 11 AM, I call to say we're home. Waited an hour. No frig. Waited 2 hours. No frig. Meanwhile, I had cleaned the old frig out, ended up with 3 large coolers, 1 medium cooler and 2 small coolers full of food, plus I had to leave some in the frig to keep cool b/c we had no more coolers. I was trying to thaw out an ice block with embedded food in the freezer side (this was not a Martha Stewart moment - this is why I needed a new one to start with), and I thought I burnt the frig motor up by leaving the freezer side open to nature. Well it was smoking, and heat was coming out, and it smelled burnt. So I unplugged it.
After 3 hours, my boss called and I told her I was a-waiting on the frig and couldn't come in to work probably. She was not happy. I called the delivery place again, and the woman goes - "Oh didn't the salesman call and tell you? The frig didn't come today." YIKES.
I go, "Well, I'm in trouble then, because not only do I have coolers of food everywhere, but I burnt up the old frig too." She suggested I call the salesman, so I did.
He said, "No problem we have a COMPACT frig we can loan you until we can get yours to you."
"Great!" I said, "I just unloaded a huge side by side frig and there's no way all that food will fit in something compact. And you know what food costs these days..."
He said he'd call me back. My heart was sinking, my food was melting... Hubby said that the old frig just might be going thru a defrost cycle, and that's why it was heating. Why didn't I plug it back in and see if maybe it would work now? Plugged it in, nothing, no hum, no rattle, no hiss, no water leaking out of the bottom... dead as a doornail.
Sales guy called me back. Turns out they had one in stock - OK, so why didn't they deliver it already? Well I had ordered one without an ice maker (geez I didn't know that), and the one in the warehouse HAD an ice maker. Did I want the ice maker model? Does it cost more? I asked.
"Usually yes, but we'll cut you a deal since it's our fault you didn't get your frig today. And we'll get the delivery guys to make a special trip to bring it to ya," the salesman said. I was agreeable to that.
At least we're getting a free icemaker, I told my hubby. Reminds me of the US Cellular commercial, where the gal is inside a lobby - Heaven only knows where - yelling "NO CHARGE! NO CHARGE! NO CHARGE!".
Well, it was high time I had a shower... oops I'd better unplug the frig first just in case it catches on fire when I'm not looking. The crazy thing was RUNNING now and COOLING - I said to hubby "Does that make me a liar? Here they're jumping thru hoops to get the new frig out b/c I said the old one died..."
"Oh well" he said. Took the shower and felt oh so much better. Then the delivery guys came with the new frig. But when they took the frig out of the box, it had a dent in the freezer door. OK this isn't funny! LOL It sounds like a 3 Stooges comedy routine doesn't it?
No problem, the delivery guy said. We'll just get them to order you a new door and bring it by tomorrow and replace it. By this time I'd agree to anything... just get the thing inside and hook me up! :)
Well now the new gal is fully loaded, and the old one is going wherever really old and decrepit frigs go - may she rest in pieces - and I'm really exhausted. The new one is a Maytag though, so supposedly I won't be getting any visits from the repair guys.
Just thought you'd like to feel better about your Friday! Don't think it could be worse than mine.
Oh it gets better - since I couldn't get to work today, I have to work tomorrow.