I have never experienced Black Friday although thru my Aunt who was a buyer for a big department store, i know how meaningful that day is! My kids grew up on military posts and the biggest "I want-need-want that!" years were overseas with little commercial influence. Now I am a grandparent (x5) and Oh, how different and fun this all is not being the Santa Claus! And this year I did lots of BF buying over the net....sales plus free shipping! I even have my new artificial tree up tho not decorated. Now, this artificial tree is almost a crime for me who delegated Hubby in charge of bringing in the fresh tree and to decorate it--on Christmas Eve! What a wonderful mad rush that all was! I think all my outdoor gardening has made this rather heartless transition to pretty but plastic easier and my bad-back guy just brought in a bottle of cedar spray to ease the tension of this less-mess "new". Guess we are getting delegated to the sidelines now, but still having great fun and have great memories.

Just go the LG website and click on support at the top of the page. Then click on Serice Center under the LG Service topic. Put your zip code in the box and pick "refrigerators" from the pull down menu. I was able to find 3 local service centers in about 2 minutes. The internet is a wonderful thing. :) I don't expect big box stores to service appliances unless I bought a service contract from them. Even then, they just farm it out and the best they will do is give you the number of the place that takes care of thier service contracts. Whether they have good service contracts or good companies to back them up is another matter. None are capable of appliance or TV repairs, HD, Lowes, Circut City or any other type of large store except Sears. When I needed service for my whirlpool Refrig. I called whirlpool. They gave me the names of local authorized service centers. Keep your warantee info for large purchases, including owners manuals. They always have numbers to call for service and warantee information. If you don't have those things just a do search for the manufacturers website and you will almost always find info t there, also. Hope it gets fixed soon. Sue Here is a link that might be useful: LG Website

Like Linda and Deanna I seldom sample foods at Sam's Club, etc., because it's mostly the prepackaged, high fat/sodium/who knows what/chemically enhanced convenience stuff. Frozen pizza, chicken nuggets, hot dogs. Ugh. Nope, I don't eat any of it. My small town independent grocery store has never had a sample that I can think of, LOL, and I did sample a couple of recipes at Trader Joe's but thought that I could probably do better myself. I will sample cheese, although I don't eat much cheese, because there's such a large variety that I nearly always find something I haven't tried. Karen, I like to shop places like Trader Joe's, the gourmet food stores, farmer's markets, kitchen places, LOL. I hate the "duty" shopping at my grocery store, things like laundry soap and milk. I get in and get out and never look for anything new or different, I have my list and that's what I buy. I feel the same way about shopping for clothes, LOL, so unless I need new sneakers or a pair of black slacks, I am NOT going shopping! I'd rather have a root canal than walk into a t-shirt place or souvenir shop. When I went to Tennessee to visit Elery's sister she wanted me to go to Dollywood and Pigeon Forge. I asked Elery to please not make me go, the only thing that would interest me at all would be the Lodge outlet! (grin) Now, a tour through the mountains? A hike in the National Park? The Lodge cast iron outlet? Oh yeah, I'd love it, but I'd have a breakdown after the first two souvenir shops selling t-shirts and key chains! So, samples? With a few glaring exceptions, I don't eat them or look for them, I get in and I get out. If I had a Central Market? Now there's a different story altogether. Annie

Made a big lunch of what leftovers were worth eating, had a piece of pie and a cup of coffee, sat in the chair in the library and rested/snoozed on and off for an hour. Just now filled the bird feeders and got the mail out of the box. It's sunny but with a cool breeze here. I received a catalog from The Swiss Colony. I haven't seen a catalog of theirs in years but can remember browsing through all the pages of food gift boxes of meats, cheeses, and desserts. Might be worth checking out for Christmas gifts this year if they packages would arrive in time.