Back home again

I went down to Mt. Airy, NC, to visit my sister.  I had a great time.  I also had a difficult time.  And, while I was gone, Alan stayed home, and boy did he have problems.

First, I knew the freezer was doing funny things when I left, but I went anyway.  The ice-making machine was dripping and freezing as it dripped.  I had problems with that ice-maker on my GE refrigerator for 10-1/2 years of the 11 years I owned the refrigerator.  And I had service calls galore, and finally stopped getting it fixed.  But this time...

The man from Hagedorn (our local small business folks  who sell and fix kitchen appliances) came and looked at the refrigerator/freezer and said he could fix it, but it would cost over $400 to do so.  Well, Alan decided and I agreed, that a new refrigerator was in order, and it would not be a GE.  All my GE appliances have been duds.  So, I ordered a Frigidaire refrigerator/freezer, side-by-side, counter deep -- it doesn't stick out from the counter -- and I accepted the floor model.  I did this from NC by Internet and phone.  The thing works and I'm so used to going into the freezer to get out some ice, that I still start to do that.  This fridge does give me ice from the door, as well as water.  And the appliance is four inches wider than my previous fridge.

Now, for the down side -- I suddenly realized that white appliances are not easy to purchase.  Everything is stainless steel.  I would have loved to get stainless, but my other appliances are white and I don't think they are going to need to be replaced for a long time -- at least I hope not.  But I was able to get this refrigerator in white.  The one I really wanted didn't come in white. 

Also while I was in NC, the elevator, which was inoperable when I left, continued to be unusable.  Poor Alan.  He called someone to come out and fix it.  They looked at the switch, declared that it was illegal (it passed the state inspection when we put it in with the "illegal" switch) and he wouldn't touch it.  I think he didn't want to touch it.  So Alan called the people from whom we purchased the elevator, not the people we were told to call if there was a problem, and they diagnosed it correctly over the phone.  Now we have an elevator again. 

Because our elevator was out of sorts, I had to use the steps several times.  Going down wasn't too much of a problem, except that I was afraid I might fall, but going up?  Well, I made it up as many times as I had to and then stayed put.

Now, I'm mobile again.  My legs are working great.  My back feels pretty good.  I'm ready to go shopping -- which I did quite a bit of while in Mt. Airy.  I loved the antique shops and spent some money in those stores. 

The best thing is that I lost another two pounds, and I thought I had gained weight while I was at my sister's, because I ate a lot of food, but I guess all that walking around in antique stores and climbing Deb's back steps into the house, was beneficial for a person needing to lose weight.

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