Width? Took the doors off. Piece of cake. They laid each one down carefully in the hallway past the kitchen.

Richard asked me a question right after they left and I said, Read the owner’s manual.

It surprised him. He asked, Did you know you bought a smart fridge?! (in disbelief, because I’m not about extra bells and whistles that break nor extra apps on my phone.)

Me: You wanted counter depth. You wanted an ice maker. If they’re going to charge you an inflated price for less fridge space they’re going to try to make you feel like you got a really cool upgrade by making it a smart fridge. You can’t get both those in a reliable brand without it. (As far as I found, anyway.)

Him, from his tech background: Yeah, those cost like $2 to make to add on.

Me: Yeah, and they charge a lot for it. Knowing that doesn’t change that.

Thirty-one years. I’d say we got our money’s worth on the old one. Things were starting to go bad early and nothing in the fridge ever really felt cold anymore, and three shelves had a broken hinge on one side and tended to flop over. It was time.

The midsection drawer on the LG can be fridge or freezer as needed. Right now it’s got cheese in one pull out and fruit in the other.

I feel like our kitchen just stepped into a new century.

Oh wait.

It did.