But once it was down to the right temperature, I made a small grocery order to replace some of the things we had to throw away and get some things for cheesy chicken chili that I'm going to make. I decided to go ahead and adjust the shelves while I was putting the food away. That way I had a better idea of how much space we needed and where to put everything. Even though the whole thing is just slightly smaller than our previous refrigerator, we actually have more cubic feet of space inside. We got our side-by-side because it was one of the few that had the ice maker in the door and there was more space in the freezer compared to other models...but it feels like we have a lot more space now with the drawer. We don't have all the little bins that were in the freezer door of the side-by-side, but the space makes up for it. Our freezer was pretty much full (and was still working so we didn't have to throw anything away), and you can see in the picture that everything we still have space leftover in the new freezer drawer. And I think the way I have everything set up in the fridge section really makes use of the room. Almost an entire 24-pack of bottled water fit in the space that I put it in by the ice maker. Some of the bins in the door on the side with the water/ice dispenser are smaller than most condiment containers, but that's the only complaint I have so far...and that's pretty minor. Oh and there are two tiny "condiment bins" at the very bottom...which you basically have to bend over to see below the other door bins that stick out farther. It seems as though they were like...what should we do with this wasted space? lol. But the one on the right, I ended up not installing the little bin cover thing because our fridge is right up against the wall so we can't open the right door further than 90 degrees, and the deli drawer kinda rubbed on the bin divider thing. But that's more of a complaint about how our kitchen was designed. :P I just left the divider thing off for now. I didn't really have anything to put down there anyway. Overall I'm super happy with it. I also love the tall space available for the water/ice dispenser. Our last fridge wouldn't even fit a 32oz cup under there...I'm pretty sure this one would fit a 40oz cup or those tall water bottles.
Now we just have to figure out what we're going to do with the old fridge and get it out of the kitchen. :P We'll probably wait until the weekend to deal with it.
Oh and I forgot...the blood from Johnny cutting himself is still all over the front steps. Aubry got home from work before we got back from the ER. So she put her skeleton out front...now the blood is just part of a Halloween decoration. ;) I do wonder what the delivery guy thought when he dropped off the Walmart grocery order. LOL. :P
Other than that, I've just been busy working. I did take the day off when we were dealing with the new refrigerator...so my Etsy shop has actually been slow since then. But I have a 1-3 processing time, so that way I do have a little bit of time to get orders out when things come up. The next day I was able to print, cut, and package all my orders for Aubry to drop off the following day. She's my shipper. I package my orders before I go to bed and put them in the mail holder by the door, then she grabs them on her way out the door and drops off all the orders at the post office on her way to work in the mornings. And she usually goes to her boyfriend's house on Saturdays, so a lot of times I'll have her drop off orders on Saturdays too. So it works out really well. :) But today I've gotten caught up on some little things. I've printed more of my packaging stickers and folders and reorganized some of my storage drawers...things like that. And after I finished that, I started working on some new designs. :)
But...now I should probably get started on making dinner. It'll be the first night I've actually made dinner since the fridge went out! We'd been just living on Door Dash and heating things up from the freezer. :P