four hours of refrigerators

so, let's clear up a few things, shall we?

1) the fridge DID come with the house.
2) the fridge is NOT new. it is ~3 years old (built in 2005, the same year the house was built)
3) to the best of my knowledge it is not covered under the home warranty. I will double check this tonight after the photos and the homework-completion.

yesterday Matt and I spent FOUR hours visiting Lowes, Sears and Home Depot. We've eliminated any options at Sears, mostly because with all this fridge bullshit we've decided to get the warranty. Sears is $229 for three years, home depot and lowes cover 5 years for $99. The difference in service is that Sears does an annual inspection/preventative maintenance thing, which is cool and all, but honestly I don't want to have to take the time off work to have someone come poke around in my fridge. And pay them more for it. Oh, and a cool thing? (pun not intended!) all of them have food spoilage clauses. like $250 per time, and it even kicks in when, say, there's an icestorm in the area and it knocks out the power. I think that's pretty rad.

but yeah. the fridge isn't just clogged up or anything--it was cleaned in June by a professional and we had to have it serviced again in, what, September or something? it sat unplugged for a while after this place was foreclosed upon and the guy who sold it to me bought it. which makes sense 'cause why bother running a fridge you don't use, but it can also ruin the appliance.

and that's your refrigerator lesson for the day. :)

other things
-yay to all of you who have used or are using VOC-free paint. your respiratory system thanks you.
-home depot isn't the only one who carries VOC-free paint. Lowes does too. I know this 'cause that's what we painted our house with. Maybe they're the only ones to carry that particular brand of it?
-ha, not a tofurky box! but I do like tofu! That's a breakfast sandwich thingy.
-high five to all of you again for your greenness! :D