When life gives you a smoke-charred, used refrigerator...

Prince Charming and I are getting a new fridge. Our current model was state of the art around the same time Moses chatted it up with foliage. It is small, ugly, grossly inefficent energy wise and the motor is so loud, our neighbors in the other half of the duplex can hear it kick on and off (seriously). I've had silly daydreams about a fridge that could hold all my food, and didn't put us at risk for getting a ticket for disturbing the peace. But, alas, a fridge is an expensive thing. And right now, shelling out a thousand dollars or more for a new appliance is not the best move for Prince Charming and me to make.

This is where the unluck of our friends becomes our luck. About a month ago, some friends of ours had a serious kitchen fire in their extra house. It was especially tragic since they were a mere 2 days from finishing a 3 week remodel they had been doing. The fire was so serious, they have had to start from scratch in pretty much the entire house. Demo-ing back to the frame and working to rebuild from there. Fortunately, no one was in the house at the time, and the insurance should cover all the repairs. Prince Charming and I were over for a group hang-out like every Sunday at the main house. He was staring thoughtfully out one of the side windows at the re-construction progress. Recently removed from the charred house was a smoke-covered fridge. He wondered aloud, "I wonder if they are going to clean that fridge or replace it."

To make a long story short, they are planning on replacing it. But it still works, is a very nice, high quality fridge that is much larger than ours and doesn't break sound level restrictions when it turns on and off. The outside is a little black and it needs some serious TLC, but after that, it will make a lovely new addition to our home. Prince Charming and I are going to spend this Saturday cleaning it up and getting it back to our place, and I can't wait! Because now I'm going to be spoiled. This fridge even has a bottom-load freezer drawer, with a nice big fridge part on top! It will also be a blessing that we will actually own it ourselves and can take it with us when we move.

Saturday can't come soon enough. I promise I'll post pictures of this adventure and kick off my introduction to tech-saviness!