Our luck with household appliances continues to be bad as the compressor on our refrigerator was going out.  So instead of getting the grass mowed last night like I had planned, a trip to the store was required.  Fortunately the one we picked out was in stock and it will be delivered this afternoon.  I did manage to get our wall project mulched prior to the appliance man showing up and telling me the bad news.  Just in case you need a new refrigerator in the near future, be prepared for sticker shock.  Many were $1800+ for the french door models with the freezer on the bottom.  I wasn't about to spend that and we paid about the same we did for our current one we purchased eight years ago.  Yep, it lasted a whole eight years.  Thanks, GE!  We're done with you, especially after the ice maker has broken twice and now the compressor goes out in a whopping 8 years.  Not to mention our GE Profile (read expensive) microwave went out a couple years ago after lasting about 6 years and our GE dishwasher has been serviced twice since we bought the house.  DONE!