If you were

[DCJenn]

a refrigerator/freezer what day, time, season would you pick to die? Yes, that's right- 4:30 on a Friday afternoon in June in South Texas.

Thank God for my neighbor Curtis who directed me to the ice plant a block away (yes, downtown living has it's advantages!) and I bought 5 blocks of dry ice and 4 bags of regular ice five minutes after they closed. I think the guys were afraid of the crazy lady with the sticking up hair (just got in from the pool when I made my fab discovery).

Per the directions of the Ice Man, I put two blocks of dry ice directly in the freezer and shut the door. He said the dry ice will work it's magic, no problem. For the stuff to keep cold but not frozen, he said to put the blocks in the bottom of a cooler and cover w/ regular and and not to open and close it too much.

I found a repair guy .5 mile away from me (gotta love Angie's List- it's soooooo worth the $19/yr. if you're a homeowner) and he's coming at 9am.

and yes, my husband IS gone. Of course.

Jenn

[HouseofWool]

Crap Jenn - at least you are able to solve this one.

Oh nooooo....

[SuzySunshine]

Crap is right, glad you seem to be making some head way though.

[DCJenn]

Well, if the trend holds, I should be developing a massively expensive home repair any minute now.

I've already had the dead animal... and now the dead appliance. and Rick is gone (Ft. Hood, not Iraq- I wonder if that will some how lessen the impact of the trend- if he's in country but not home)

It appears the summer of 2008 was a fluke because '07 and '09 seem to have some frightening similarities.

J

[GrayMatterWife]

First, do not let me next suggestion in ANY WAY take away from the totally crappiness of what happened to you...

but...

it could have been a little bit worse:

could've happened July 3 at 11:00 PM.

You'd be hot for 48 hours, minimum...

[v-girl]

Oh no! Glad you have a repair guy!

[DCJenn]

Abigail-

Were you around in '07 when the toilet backed up during the Welcome Rick party? That was another example of the exquisite timing of my household emergencies. 50 people in my yard and one of two toilets is non-functional.

Jenn

[Meenah]

Hope all is still cool!

[alison]

oh jeez! I hope you don't lose any food!
I don't know about where you are, but in Seattle, we were always able to get dry ice at the fish counter in regular grocery stores. Also, the Pike Place Market fish counters had dry ice for all the tourists to take home fresh fish! If you need more for whatever reason, you might try those sorts of places.

[Ladybug]

Ugh. Fingers crossed that this is it for your summer. We just had a massively expensive car repair which put a lot of my summer weekend travel plans on hold. Grrrrrr.

[GrayMatterWife]

Abigail-

Were you around in '07 when the toilet backed up during the Welcome Rick party? That was another example of the exquisite timing of my household emergencies. 50 people in my yard and one of two toilets is non-functional.

Jenn

And, you have dead animal issues, too! Isn't there some almost apocryphal story out there about you and a very unfortunate cat in the heat of summer?

[Michele]

Fingers crossed for you jenn that history isn't going to repeat!

[DCJenn]

and the one repair guy who actually works on Saturday (and doesn't charge extra for it!) just left. It of course was one tiny part that controlled the compressor but it's all fixed for $160. Way better than having to buy a new refrigerator.

Maybe it's just going to be a lessor version of Summer from Hell.

Jenn

[Pollyanna]

Holy cow Jenn! I hope that is it for the summer. Only poolside margaritas from now on!!