I don’t know how I managed to blog and create recipes after the fridge went out Wednesday. That old fridge had my tiny little house in clutter. I could barely move around the living room without tripping over one thing and falling over something else. I never knew how much stuff I put into the fridge. I now know why my cabinets are so bare it is all in the fridge or freezer. I guess I have a bad habit liking things to be cold especially in this weather.
I know most of you know I live in AZ and it gets really hot here, and when it gets dark the heat is still in the air. Let’s just say when the sun is up your boiling and when the sun goes down you are cooking in the oven. Coming home from work Wednesday is when the refrigerator decided to die.
I went to get a drink of water and right before I went to sit down I heard a loud pop. I didn’t think anything of it and just sat, then a rubber smell started coming from the fridge. I thought it was gas, but I remember we don’t have gas stove’s in AZ; so then I decided to call country man and tell him. He told me it was the refrigerator and to just turn the temperature up and he would take a look at it.
I did just that and the smell got worse. I was gaging for air (not having a clue what is going on), before I could even call him back; he is yelling through the phone “unplug the refrigerator, do you want to start an electrical fire. I will take a look at it when I get home”. I had a “blond moment” apparently, and I am still having one because I am trying to figure out how all of this is my fault…. I still do not have a clue what happen to the fridge it just started smoking and smelling like rubber.
When he got home he took at it, he could not figure out what was wrong with it, so he called his dad. Well after about two hours of checking this, that, and the compressor (I lost interest) they finally came to the agreement the fridge was a “goner”. That is how we ended up eating out of cooler for the rest of the week.
I am looking on craigslist for another one, they have plenty of them for sell and they are fairly priced. Refrigerators seem like a hot commodity in AZ; with this weather you defiantly need one. I am hoping we will have one by Saturday because it will be hot (116 degrees). I will keep you updated.
