Freezer Burn

I had an event for work and ended up with some left-over popsicles,  which made their way back to my house. Not to worry, they were purchased with my own money - it was just a return on the investment.

This was kinda a big deal in the Mitchell house because I don't buy popsicles. At least it was a big deal for M. So she's been asking for one after dinner.  She's smart too because she always waits until after M2 goes to bed.  The girl understands supply and demand.

So Sunday I go to get her one and...what? Why aren't they frozen? Hummm, that's interesting.  So I was hoping that maybe the freezer had been left open accidentally - not enough for me to notice but enough for the popsicles to melt.

Yeah, it was a stretch.

The next morning I check and nope, still not frozen. This is not good. Since the sole purpose of a freezer is to freeze this could only mean one thing - the fridge has officially died.

We are fortunate - we have an extra fridge outside on our back porch. It isn't as redneck as it sounds.  We have it because we're too lazy to go inside to get something to drink when we're outside. Technically, anytime you have an appliance on a porch that qualifies as redneck, but I'm justifying this based on sheer convenience.

And thank goodness for our trailer park ways, we were able to save a lot. It's just crazy to me that it went out so quickly - it was fine one day and completely out the next. And it was only 8 years old. Which I know is old, but shouldn't they last longer than that?  The one outside (OUTSIDE!) still works.  And it's really old.  

And I must be the most unwife wife in the world because I have absolutely no preferences on appliances. My only requirement is that everything has to be the same color. Benny picked the first fridge and picked our replacement too. Not that he didn't ask and keep asking me what I thought ...but seriously, I don't care how many shelves it has or how the drawers work. If it keeps the food cold then I'm good.

So we'll have the memorial services on Sunday - pallbearers courtesy of Lowes. Or Home Depot.  I can't remember.  We'll say goodbye and send her off and get another 8 years before we have to do it all over again...