I resisted ice makers for a long time for the same reason. The old fridge at my ex's house was purchased without one (it would also have been a nuisance to run a copper line to plumb it to water). He replaced it after about 25 years and though his current fridge has an ice maker, it still isn't plumbed to water.

My fridge was a windfall; I bought this house right before the Sears announced it was closing at the mall closest to us. They don't move merchandise to a new store, they sell it all deeply discounted. I think this fridge was 40% off (it was a floor model). I picked up a number of tools and appliances there that spring. Fridge manufacturers have re-tooled ice makers over the years, this is pretty sturdy (knock wood!) Since I was moving here from an apartment I stayed in the for a couple of extra months to do remodeling in the house and had appliances delivered and set out of the way until time to set up a kitchen and laundry.

Two hours left of the defensive driving course, then I can send the certificate to the insurance company for three years of discounts on my auto policy. It's worth the boredom of the course, but they have some poorly written questions in their chapter end quizzes. I paid $5 extra to get the audio version of the course that plays with each chapter, but it is out of sync with the text and sometimes departs so radically from what is on the screen that I have to pause the audio, read the page, then listen to the audio and hope that I've got the information from one source or the other for the test.

Dermatologist appointment this afternoon. I haven't been in years. It's time for a quick look to see if there is anything I should have been paying attention to.