Hubby bought me something that I have been wanting for a very long time

I have been wanting a second freezer for a few years now. I have been tracking prices and looking at different models for years. During the evening on Sunday, I saw this upright that I have been eyeing on sale for 54% off. It had thousands of great reviews. It is not a full size upright but it is perfect for what I wanted to use it for. I showed Hubby and told him it would be my beef freezer. He said if you want it order it. I did and it was delivered yesterday. It was taken to my basement by a very nice man. Hubby unpacked all of the styrofoam and cardboard that it came in that very night while I chatted with my sister. Today I cleaned up the packing materials. Then I removed half of the items in our chest freezer so that Hubby and I could move it and we could put the new one to the right of it. Hubby installed automatic lighting for me when he did the pantry. It comes on when I open the pantry door. However if we left the new one to the left of the chest freezer, it blocked the light. After we moved it, I then put everything back into the chest freezer.

After the new one had cooled to the proper temperature, I took everything back out of the chest freezer. I sorted it into these blue bins that I had purchased on Amazon a long time ago:

I sorted by type of meat: pork, chicken, fish and seafood, and beef. All of the beef items went into the new freezer. It took up almost three shelves. I used another shelf for my 21 lbs. of butter.

All of the vegetables and fruits have been put in one bin. We eat a lot of fresh vegetables in the summer so I don’t keep many frozen ones. Another bin has yeast, nuts and bread products.

I do have 3 turkeys in the bottom of the freezer along with 2 lbs. of ground turkey. I like to keep the same meats sorted together so that I can find them when needed.

Everything was counted and inventoried while I did it. I purchased two magnetic white boards on Amazon. One for each freezer. They are here:

Later today or tomorrow, I will write a map for each freezer and put the inventory for each item on there also. That way I can just erase and change it easily when I use something up or add something I have purchased.

If anyone is interested in buying this one, it was on sale at Walmart for $218. They also have a chest freezer on sale if you are need in of one for $205.

Hubby was quite impressed with the new one when it came. He didn’t expect it to be as nice as it is. I am thrilled. It doesn’t take a lot to make me happy.