FREEZER FATALITY

It was sad.

A few years ago we bought a used freezer and it has served us well. But last week, Debra noticed that it did not seal after closing the door. It usually creates a vacuum suction when the door is closed. But last week it did not. And the food in the freezer began to soften. And the frost in the freezer began to melt.

So, today we took it to an appliance burial ground at the local dump.

Hopefully, we will be able to adopt another freezer soon.

For the past few years, our freezer has been a companion to our washer and dryer in the utility room.

Once dead, it was time to remove the freezer from its home in the corner.

The knick-knacky things were all removed.

The garage had to be prepared for transferring the freezer from the utility room to the back of the pickup.

First, Debra's car was backed out of the garage.

Then my pickup was backed up to the utility room door.

The freezer was then positioned at the door.

And it was dragged into the garage.

Working alone, I leaned the freezer onto the tailgate.

Then I shoved it onto the pickup bed.

Freezer ready to go.

As long as I was driving to the dump anyway, I added an old toilet to the load that had been waiting for a long time to catch a ride to the dump.

Driver, freezer and toilet ready to head to the dump.

Since I already had a weekend shopping list, I exercised good time management by incorporating a trip to the dump with a trip to the store.

Local dumping is done at a warehouse at Rogue Disposal and Recycling, shown here to the right of the "Do Not Pass" sign. The table rocks are seen in the background.

Getting closer.

Once at the dump, the table rocks are in clear view.

Our freezer, still lying flat in the back of the pickup, awaits its final resting place beside all the other dead appliances.

I bid one final fond farewell to our freezer and realize that God has many ways of telling his children to cut down on their ice cream consumption. This episode may very well be His way of speaking to me.