A New Refrigerator and Another Story You May Not Want to Read

We remodeled the kitchen knowing that someday we would get a new refrigerator. The old one worked so we were just biding our time until the stars aligned. And last week they did. The new Cash for Appliance Clunkers program, a major sale at Baillio's, and the torn plastic trim that seals the fridge when it closes and was now hanging limp on the floor- all in one week. Not to mention things have been freezing on one side of the fridge and warm on the other.

So we got a new refrigerator. It is great and we are really enjoying it. It is HUGE too. So huge that after a lot of measuring and finagling, we realized taking it around the back of the house would be easier and faster than removing the front door and fridge doors. Our wonderful neighbors came to help. It barely made it around back. We just had to move the rain barrel and some small objects.

As you know, the boys have really been into making mud puddles! They splash, and squish, and bathe and wallow (and hopefully not) drink the water from the rain barrel. I have tried to tighten the handle so they would quit getting all wet and muddy. It didn't work and by last weekend, the water had all been drained out. That made it easy to move. Jason took off the top and then very seriously said "You do NOT want to look in there". My thought- clean laundry or something, ugh. But what are you supposed to do when someone insists you don't want to see something- you look. I almost fell over with shock and horror! The rain barrel, once full of water, had just a tiny bit left at the bottom. The water that my boys have been sliding, slopping, squashing and showering in... had a dead, bloated, mouse floating on it's back in the little bit of water at the bottom of the barrel.