Tuesday, January 22, 2019

My House Needs To Go On A Diet

Good morning Arizona!!  What the heck happened to your warm, sunny, short-wearing days?  It's 33 degrees with an expected 32 for tonight.  I think it's been getting up into the 60's during the day.  That is definitely NOT shorts weather for me.

So I put on my ski parka, my boots and my gloves and headed out to Lowes for appliances.  I pretty much knew what I wanted, but couldn't find a single person to help.  The line at the order register was long and I thought to come another day.

Finally, Eric arrived.  I had my dimensions in hand when the first major problem reared it's ugly head.  Almost ever single refrigerator of decent size is 69 inches tall he said.  MY space is only 68-1/2.  Are you kidding me?

I checked the specs on all of the top brands, trying to find SOMETHING that would fit and still be large enough for normal use.  It wasn't going to happen.  

I went home and measured three more times, just to be sure.  I double checked the website and sure enough, they are all 68.8.  So how many actual tiny fractions of an inch over 68.5 is that?  Can I smash it into the space??

Of course not.  What it means is that I have to figure out a way to put my house on a diet and take half an inch off the bottom of the overhead cabinets.  Seriously???  If there was a lip on the bottom edge, it wouldn't be so much of a problem.  There is not.  Big sigh!!!

I do remember my up-the-hill neighbor saying he had to cut his cabinets down when they got their fridge last year.  I'm going to ask him for advice.  In the meantime, I'm stuck with my broken drawer, noisy, talks-to-me-constantly fridge instead of this beauty.
In other news, I discovered when I arrived that the smoke detector was disconnected.  Mr. Chance said it was beeping upon his house check and put in a new battery.  Nope ... the new battery didn't stop the beeping.  I went to Ace Hardware for a new one.  The nice man said he was amazed the old one worked THAT long ... 16 years to be exact, said the date on the back.  

I'm not showing you the entire ladder because it's way up high in the sky.  I was almost on the top step.  It looked exactly the same as the old one, but of course it did not fit the ring.  I had to remove the entire thing, install the new mount, then twist it in place.  YAY!!  No beeping!!!  I really need a taller ladder.
I'm sorry to say I haven't seen any critters around lately, not that I wanted to see any more scorpions.  Mom Bobcat, the deer and even the quail are all hiding from the cold, just like me.  This morning I gave up and turned the heat up a tad.

As a quilter, I have TWO nice wool batting quilts on the bed and it's still not enough.  I can't wait for the electric blanket to arrive tomorrow!!!  In the meantime, I've finished three quilt tops.  I can hear my quilting lady now ..... ka-ching!!!!






16 comments:

  1. Good luck with getting a fridge to fit your opening, and not spending all of your money at once.

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    1. Jan, what did you use to do that? A sander or a hack saw? I can see me using that now!!!

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  3. Measure the height behind the front hinges. Sometimes that part can stick out. It happened to us and we were able to make it work.

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    1. That's the measurement I have Carol and I'm 1/4 inch shy.

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  4. If you have to adjust your Cabinets make it so that you have extra clearance.
    Tall ladders are safer then pushing your luck with short ones.
    Be Safe and Keep Warm.

    It's about time.

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    1. I think I can get about 3/4 of an inch, and yes, I need a new ladder! How did you know??

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  5. Glad you are getting the electric blanket. There is nothing better than turning the blanket on an hour before going to bed.

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    1. Oh Allison ..... you know the feeling!!! It should be delivered today, just in time for the cold trend.

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  6. I don’t see what your problem is,, So Before you get all sent out of shape go back to Lowe’s or were you were at the appliance place take the one you like on the floor have him ( salesman ) Tippit back and screw the adjustment legs All the way in
    Now have him do the same thing on the backside once they’re all screwed in then measure it
    If they won’t do it find,,,, another appliance place

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    1. That fleeting thought did cross my mind, but I figured the measurements were with the legs completely down. I'll try that and see. Thanks Ed!!

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  7. Now I may have another trick if that doesn’t work but I need your help,,, I need you to take a picture of the upper cabinet Try to get the whole In one picture
    not 10 feet back I need a close-up

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  8. One of the things that you may run into is your home is technically a mobile home,, originally they do weird shit When it comes time to build you need to keep that part in Mlnd first 💡

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    1. Yup you are right. They weren't made for the newest big refrigerators. In the old days people must have gone to the store a lot more often.

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