I have had two things in my house "fix themselves" which was quite miraculous. When I purchased my house, almost 40 yrs. ago, I was told by many people that when something breaks/goes wrong to fix it right away because it only gets worse. I have found that to be generally true, which is why the two problems in my house that have "fixed themselves" are so amazing!
At the end of last summer, my refrigerator started "going on the fritz" as my father used to say. That is, not working well. First it was the freezer that stopped freezing things, but the refrigerator part was OK. Then I noticed that, while my milk was fine for a couple of days, it would spoil by the third day. OY! I need milk in my morning coffee. So I started looking around for refrigerators because I knew mine was "going" (meanwhile, I bought milk every couple of days and also kept those little creamers you get at McD. or restaurants that don't need refrigeration, and I used those when the milk went bad). At that time, I didn't keep much else in the 'fridge except fresh vegetables that I ate up every couple of days. (This wasn't a huge problem because I eat out a lot). Anyway, when the weather started cooling down in fall, the 'fridge started working better. I didn't have any problem with it all winter and, although it's been in the mid-80s here, it still seems to be keeping things fine. I'm able to use a half gallon of milk all the way to its end (for about a week) and it doesn't spoil. Sadly, the freezer doesn't work so the "self-cure" only applies to the refrigerator part.
I still don't know how it went from not cooling things right to cooling them right, but I'm not going to question it. I'm OK with the freezer not working because it keeps me from buying ice cream, which I eat too much of.
The second thing in my house that "fixed itself" was my front door not closing! During the coldest winter days, my front door, which is wooden with stained glass in it, wouldn't close all the way. This was sooooo not good because I didn't use my security system (I could have bypassed the front door and set it but I didn't) and of course I didn't want my front door not closing! Fortunately, it closed enough for it to look closed (but not enough to actually close to lock it, and also fortunately I have a sturdy screen door/ storm door that locks so of course I locked that. I did olil all the door hinges but that didn't help. I think it just warped somewhat in the frigid weather, because when the weather started getting warmer again in spring, I was able to close it just fine. And it remains fine now. So YAY, the door "fixed itself."
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