With Petra's arrival roughly two weeks away, we discovered something else that needed to be done. We knew the Sears Coldspot 40 refrigerator from 1968 was original to the house when we moved in, and that it would eventually need to be replaced. But we weren't counting on having to do that at this particular moment. That's how these things work, however.

A new Roper, (Whirlpool's economy brand), fit perfectly in the space. And everything was cold once again.