I Will NOT Miss You Thunka Thunka Thunk and Grrunnnhhcccck

When we first viewed our house two years ago, I didn't love the white appliances, but figured that would be something we could save up for and change in time. They would do.

On moving day we plugged in our fridge and about a half an hour later, much to our dismay, we heard the most obnoxious sound! {Thunka thunka thunk!}. What was that?! The fridge was broken! Fortunately we had been given a homeowners warranty by our realtor as a moving in gift. So we called the warranty company and they came out to take a look to the tune of $50, only to tell us that there was a large spring loose in a fused-shut part of the fridge that was causing the sound so it could not be fixed but because the fridge still functioned they would not replace it. Drat. We would hear that sound forever, every time the fridge stopped running.

In the beginning it woke us up in the night, making us think there was a robbery in progress, but we eventually became accustomed to it and only noticed it when visitors would jump out of their shoes when they heard it and point it out to us. "Oh, that? Yeah, that's just our broken fridge. Pay it no attention. You'll start to tune it out after awhile."

On top of that, our microwave broke in the first four months of our ownership of the house, requiring replacement. Fortunately THAT was broken ENOUGH to be paid for by our rad warranty company. (We didn't renew.) So we bought a stainless steel microwave in an attempt to get ourselves excited about the rest of the appliances we would be purchasing when the time was right and the money was in hand. To round out the fun, we had to shout at each other to hear over the dishwasher when it was on. And when it would stop it would come to a grinding, painful halt with a loud crunching sound. {Grrunnnhhccck!}

Yes, our appliances were definitely the originals put in the house when it was built.

But no longer! We have replaced all three of the remaining old appliances and I L-O-V-E our new ones! The kitchen looks great! Now for some paint.

Out with the old! To the garage with you, old, noisy fridge! You will be so useful for extra freezer and beverage storage and I can't hear you! Na na na na na!

The final load.

In with the new! With water and ice :).

I especially love my new oven/range that has a convection feature that made perfect brownies yesterday at 25 degrees lower than the recipe called for. Sweet! And it has a long burner that can be used for large pans or the griddle attachment for perfect hash browns and pancakes!

It's not silent, but it is only half as loud as our old one. We can actually carry on conversations! And better yet, it was quiet enough that we didn't really even notice when it came to a silent stop last night.