$5 Refrigerator

Kelly called me one afternoon with a proposition.  As the Drama Director at Mead Co. High School she is tasked with locating all appropriate props for each show.  Five or six years ago her school was doing a play that required a working refrigerator as a key prop.  She called me with the exciting news that she had actually located exactly what she needed:  a 1960's era refrigerator.  She won it on Ebay and was so excited.  Her only problem was that she needed a pick up truck to go get it.

At the time we owned a pick up truck and I told her that it was no problem to run pick it up.  Even better was that it was in Nashville which is less than an hour from my house.  When I told Kelly this she responded "It is in Nashville Tnaldjhlafd".  I said "What??"  She responded "Nashville Tnalkfkjfl".  I finally figured out that her mumbling was an attempt to let me know that she meant NASHVILLE TENNESSEE! (3.5 hours from my  house)

I said something of the effect to "You mean you bought a $5 refrigerator and you have to pick it up in Nashville TN???"  Yep, I was understanding her right and it had to be picked up that day.  My sister is so crazy.  Well, I guess we are all crazy because I loaded Alexis up, drove to Mom's house where she and Kelly jumped in the truck and we all drove down to Nashville, TN to pick up the refrigerator.
We laughed and talked all the way down there. 

When we arrived the man who was selling the fridge asked us if we were going to have some men that could help us unload it as it was really heavy.  When we told him no he couldn't believe it as it took 2 grown men to load it into the back of the pick up truck.  They loaded it and we drove it back to Mead Co. where Kelly was living at the time.  We had mom take Alexis inside Kelly's place and she and I assessed the situation on how to get this elephant out of the truck.  The entire time mom was standing in the door way fidgeting saying "Girls, girls--be careful--don't hurt yourselves".  We finally told her to be quiet and shut the door.  After much discussion we got that beast out of the truck and into her place. (Some of the drama boys that played football actually had to move it later and couldn't believe that 2 girls moved it!)

The $5 Beast

The play went off without a hitch awhile later.  It really was the key piece of scenery and even if it wasn't, it sure was to us!  Best refrigerator I have ever seen in a play!  Better yet are all of the laughs that we have shared over the $5 refrigerator that we drove to Nashville for.