Pro-cras-tin-a-tion

I finally stopped procrastinating and I cleaned out all of those boxes in the basement. You know the ones, the boxes I kept taking pictures of in our organizing schemes, where we were just moving the boxes around.

Well, no more moving around, they were cleaned out and put away. The photo that you see consists of the empty boxes that are soon to be given away and the refridgerator/bike stuff that will go in Kevin's office. Yes, that big pile is gone. Hooray!

The Quarter Inch Debate

Now that we've gotten a dishwasher, which we pick-up tonight (yippee!), we're on to the refrigerator. And this has been a game of indecisions.

In fact, the quote of the evening was, "I don't get this whole compromise thing. I think it's a waste of time to compromise on the house. I mean I just won't like it if I compromise." Yes, you know who said that. Yet, I still cannot make a decision.

So here's the problem. In terms of height, this gorgeous refrigerator will just fit (barring any weird angled settling from the house.) It will be deeper than our other refrigerator, but that's because of the door. The problem is the width. It is 1/4 of an inch too wide. However, my Dad has offered to saw off part of the 1/2 inch overhang from the counter and then, this ridiculously gorgeous refrigerator will fit.

But, since everything measures EXACTLY, I'm worried that something will be off. We can't afford to even be off by an 1/8 inch. I know what you're thinking: "Then don't get it!" But, I LOVE this refrigerator. I've been oohing and aahing over it for months and imagining it in my kitchen. I just can't bring myself to compromise on another refrigerator. I mean look at this beauty.

What to do?!?!?

Hello Beautiful!

This is Beautiful, or our new dishwasher. Yes, she's beautiful, hence the name and for the price we paid she should be. She was our one splurge appliance and we didn't even get her on sale, which pains me. However, I will have the quietest dishwasher that has the cleanest dishes in the neighborhood.

When we finally agreed on her, I went to Home Depot to purchase her. I had talked to the salesman 3 previous times about her, so this time I was ready to purchase. Would you believe the warehouse was empty of these? And they had no future shipments planned? Aghast and saddened, but never defeated I went over to Best Buy, which was the only other carrier of this brand.

Of course, they had them. At full price, with a delivery cost and a steep installing fee. Hence Wednesday, we're picking up Beautiful and installing her ourselves. Many tales of mishaps to follow.