Thursday, 6 October 2011

The Fridge~Part 2 (Does God do Upgrades?)

I think I'd had the fridge about two years when I began to feel disappointed that I hadn't chosen a fridge with self-defrosting freezer. I really struggle with regards to domestics, (long story - part of my Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Not having to defrost the fridge ought to have been a no-brainer for me, lol! 'Never mind', I laughed to myself one day, 'maybe God does upgrades?'

A while later, I really don't recall how long exactly, I heard the same radio station were giving away Dave Dobbyn's new-at-the-time CD - one that I instantly wanted. This was their CD choice for that weekend's giveaway. Each person who won the CD for the weekend went into a draw for the appliance of the week, drawn on the following Monday. I wasn't at all concerned with that week's appliance, (a fridge apparently), I merely wanted the CD. This was a New Zealand-wide competition, so I was extra amazed when I got thru first pop and won! Wicked!!!

On the following Monday morning I was sitting on the loo with the phone beside me, when it rang. Of course, I wasn't expecting the radio station, hehe! There I was, on the loo, being recorded to go on air. Apparently I had won the appliance! When the announcer asked me if I knew what I had won, I said a fridge-freezer. He 'corrected' me and told me it was a fridge, so I imagined a small beer fridge or something similar. I decided I would sell it and the money would go towards a trip south and I would take a friend. Cool beans!!!

A few days later, when the store phoned to arrange delivery, I told them I already had a good fridge-freezer and asked if they would be willing to sell it for me on commission or something. The bloke on the phone asked me what type I had and informed me that this one was, indeed, a fridge-freezer, not just a fridge as the radio announcer had thought. He recommended that I keep the new one and sell the older one, since I would acquire a brand new warranty. Good thinking!!! Oh ... and then he informed me my new one would be almost exactly the same as the one I had, only this one was the latest model out, having only been available instore for about three months. He then informed me of the one and only difference between the two ... the newer one was ... you guessed it ... frost-free!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU GOD, tehe!


 I was blown away and overjoyed at what had happened. Yes, it's a 'thing', it's a 'gadget', it's a 'material object', but having lived without one entirely for some time, years prior, I knew it wasn't exactly a luxury. I was so greatful that I immediately decided to give the older one to a friend of mine who needed a new one but could not afford it. It seemed the logical thing to do, given how I had been blessed. So yes, God DOES do upgrades, LOL! 
Again, THANK YOU GOD!!!

Ponder this: 
If we're not meant to have late night snacks, then why is there a fridge light? 

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