Well, I’ll tell you one thing Liara, we are blessed to have the ability to blog and instantly publish our thoughts because before blogging, we had to adopt laborious ways of sharing our thoughts with the world. Thanks to the Internet, it can be done in an instant for anyone who desires to read what we have to say. I’m grateful for this medium.

Looking forward to reading your words again.

Isn’t that interesting? I find it amazing that a broken fridge led you to a transformational change with respect to better eating habits. I love it!

In a funny sort of way, this is also what happened to me because when I got home (yesterday), I knew I had to go shopping for my fridge was bare. Even though I was already on the 30 day raw food diet experiment and therefore mindful of stocking up on the right foods, before I left, I threw out very old things that were sitting in the fridge. Items that I rarely used (like ketchup, mustard) plus junk food like peanut butter and jelly pocket sandwiches were all thrown out and not replaced.

So in a way, I experienced the same thing you did. When I went shopping last night, I only stocked the fridge with fruits and vegetables plus water and one carton of soy milk (for coffee – I still drink em but less now).

What a story! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Karen. I’m now back home and catching up on things. I have a few posts coming, so hang on!

When you told me about your power outage and cleaning out your frig, I had to smile at my own interesting refrigerator story and a diet change. How a broken frig fixed my plan.

About three years ago I kept having this feeling I wasn’t eating what was ‘right’ for me. I kept promising myself, I’d start looking for a new plan, but in the meantime I’d eat what I had in my frig, stop freezing things or having any surplus on hand. Let it dwindle, so I could start anew. One very hot (97 degrees) August day I came home to find my refrigerator had died, 5 days out of the original five year warranty.

Everything, including the refrigerator had to go. I had one of those tiny refrigerators in my basement that only was there for water, next to the exercise equipment. I decided to use that frig for awhile to get in the habit of only buying what I could eat in a few days, so everything was as fresh as possible.

Even though I couldn’t seem to make the time to figure out the new eating plan and buying schedule, it seems it all got figured out for me.

I do wish however the darn thing would’ve broken a few days earlier while it was still under replacement warranty, it was only five years old. Turned out, it was not worth the cost to repair. So when I said everything had to go, I had no idea I’d be including the refrigerator!