Freezing

So we have this refrigerator/freezer thing in our kitchen, okay? And ever since we got it, it's been nothing but a hunk of faux stainless junk. If we could afford it, we'd recycle it's metal parts for a few bucks. From the get-go, the ice maker was a problem. It doesn't seem to take the job of making ice seriously. The ice bin is always full to overflowing, right up until the time we actually need ice. Like at dinnertime. Every day. One person fills their glass with ice, and the rest of us get leftover slivers of frozen remains. We're not talking about major parties where we have people in and out all day, filling glass after ice-cold glass, thereby straining the ice making mechanics to their limits. No, we're talking about filling more than a glass a day with ice. It's such a failure.

And then there was the squealing motor episode. When it felt the need to cool itself, it also felt the need to not only let us know, but the entire neighborhood as well. It's a whiner like that. The high pitched squeal was finally fixed with a replacement part in the mail and a few hours worth of cussing and knuckle scraping by my Sam.

But recently our fridge/freezer thing has hatched a new problem. For several weeks now the freezer has been icing itself shut. And leaking water on the floor. This is not good. Today Sam had enough and tore it apart to get to the source of the problem.

Apparently the self-defrost drain filled with water and froze. Who knows why or how this happened, but it did. And now when it self defrosts, it just leaks out the door and freezes inside into a huge mess. The only thing to do about this is to thaw that drain out. This involves unplugging the fridge and pouring hot water into the tiny pinhole of a drain hoping to thaw out an entire pipe before the food all thaws.

Yeh.

So we've got this all over the kitchen.



I heated water and poured into the hole, a few drops at a time, all afternoon until it was time to leave for drum lessons. I was gone a few hours with the trip to the store and all, and it was still not thawed when I came back. The food, however, was beginning to soften around the edges. Except the peas, which were turning to mush.

I'm kinda grateful that it's January in Pennsylvania at this point. This is our new freezer compartment.



The stuff stacked on the new freezer is to keep the neighborhood dogs out of it overnight. I have no idea what to do with the food in the fridge. One cannot deep freeze eggs with any kind of success. Mental note, we are never buying another Samsung refrigerator. Ever. In fact, we may never buy another Samsung anything after this. I wonder if they'll reimburse us for the groceries that will surely be lost? Now that the price of gas has dropped, apparently the grocery stores have decided to take up the slack. Like feeding a family of 6 doesn't hurt enough, they've raised the cost of bread and milk. Again.

On the plus side today, Micah got a new Woody in the mail. At least someone is having a good day.



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And in other news, today is National Delurking Day. It was brought to my attention by fellow bloggers (because I'm never in the know about things), and it was also stated that if someone created a button, it must be obeyed. Delurk, readers! We'd love to meet you.