I got up at 5 am this morning... ordinarily that's the middle of the night for me, but I'd fallen asleep early so bounced from bed with astonishing energy.

I turn off the ringer of my phone at night. I keep it nearby so I can call out, but there's no good reason I can think of that people need to call me. That's unless it's Candy Crush.

ARGHHH. I have the app on my phone and somehow or another I'm alerted when my game has refreshed. Seriously! Are you donkey-nose kidding me! ARGHHH. I had a specific reason for keeping the ringer on last night and I can assure you it had nothing to do with keen anticipation of hearing from Candy Crush. ARGHHH.

Late yesterday afternoon I went to the freezer of my fridge to take out some turkey bacon to thaw. Yeah, yeah, yeah... I agree. Why eat the stuff? One might as well chew on a piece of singed cardboard. It's pretty dreadful. I purchased it during the days when I counted calories, which I don't do anymore, but I couldn't bear to waste it. I'd decided to have frozen waffles with my calorie free syrup and a stick of butter. Yup, you got it. My meals are a bit bi-polar.

Well, I opened the freezer and noticed that the sack of ice was flat. Rot Roh. (The ice maker quit working about 9 months ago.)

After I unloaded the freezer's meager contents, I mopped up the water and decided to literally throw the towel in and call Joan & Jonny Ray. They were in my kitchen in a Monteagle Minute and commenced relocating all the perishables to the fridge in the garage.

While Joan and Johnny Ray methodically lugged everything like pack mules, I called Lowe's to order a new fridge. Since that call I've played a guessing game with everyone. How much do you think a new fridge costs these days? (I'll give the answer at the end of this post.)

Um, er, um... this is the end of the post.

Including an exact duplicate of the rundown side-by-side fridge, free delivery, free disposal of the old fridge, tax, hook-up with ice maker included, the cost is $860. I suspect like everyone else, I'd thought the cost was going to be anywhere from $1,500-$2,000. You know - the type of expense that you call your credit card company in advance to raise your limit.

Oh, and why did I have the ringer of my phone on last night? Lowe's is going to try to deliver my new fridge today and I didn't want to miss their call. ARGHHH.

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