The second, "stupid little apartment" fridge was due for a cleaning and defrosting, and then a child left its freezer door ajar for long enough that there was too much frost for it to close.
So, an unscheduled defrosting. The good part is that wiping the ice and water off the interior more or less took care of the cleaning part, although I did also clean behind and under it.
There's been a bit of a dead mouse smell around, which I thought might be from back there, but it wasn't. The smell was worse outside, and we looked all over along one whole side of the house several times without finding anything.
It seems to have been in one of the gutter downspout extensions; it went away after we finally got some rain.
Anyway, after getting the fridge dried and plugged back in again, I had an idea. Instead of being The Overflow Fridge, or The Weird Ingredients of My Husband's Fridge, it could be The Leftover Fridge.
It is smaller and shallower, so there's not room for things to be lost in the back. Also, if it gets full, I can easily see what can be thrown out to make room.
So far, this is working very well.
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For the toy bin, I found a fabric basket/bag I had made some years ago. It sits in the bin and holds most of the toys.
