Appliance Hell

So my refrigerator, only 6 1/2 years old, has decided that leaking water all over the inside is a fun project. This started about 9 months ago or so. Mark found the problem and fixed it. It was fine for a month or so, and then it started again. He fixed it again. And it came back again. Being 6 years old, the refrigerator is no longer under warranty, of course. So the question is, have someone else come and look at it, or look for a new one? We checked Consumer Reports, and their opinion is, after 6 years, it doesn't pay to repair the type of refrigerator we have. Fine with me as I have sort of been wanting a new one since we remodeled our kitchen over two years ago. But finding one? Oh.My.Gosh.

When we remodeled our kitchen, we put a bigger cabinet above the refrigerator than the one that was there previously. That might have been a mistake. The vast majority of refrigerators that are the right interior size are now several inches taller, but also several inches skinnier than when we bought ours.It has taken many days, loads of research and trips to appliance stores with my measuring tape to finally find a refrigerator that has a large enough interior capacity, but is not too tall. Lowe's was finally my hero! They has the shorter, fatter refrigerator I needed, with the features I wanted. But who knew it would be so difficult!