Living without a fridge for a week has been hard.  It was fun for the kids at first because we got to eat out every meal.  But even now, they are tired of it.  “Pleeeeeeaaase mom, get a fridge this weekend.”  I don’t mind so much. We eat cheap with coupons and there are no dishes for me to clean.  But I miss the ice maker and filtered water.  I had no idea how much ice I consume.  It even sounds odd when I write it.  I have discovered that my favorite ice cubes are the little snowball kind at Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf. And the little square kind are so much nicer in a beverage than the “orange slice” size cubes my old fridge made.  Do they make refrigerators that allow you to choose your type of cube?  I have a girlfriend who redid her kitchen and out of all the fancy appliances and drawers that she has, what do I envy most?  Yup, her dedicated ice cube machine.  Just like the restaurants.  After 11 years in my kitchen, it finally dawned on me that I rarely use my double oven much (the toaster oven on the other hand gets a LOT of use), and that space would have been much better utilized with one oven and an ice cube machine below….So, I’m off in search of the perfect ice maker that will have to be attached to the necessary refrigerator so my kids stop complaining.