Drowning Out the Voices in my Head

I do not like our icemaker.

It's in the door of the refrigerator that my wife Staci bought.  And it's too loud.   I'm not sure what it's doing back there, but it can drown out a bugle.

I also do not like our answering machine.   It's next to the phone I never answer.  And when I don't answer it, the person talks into the machine.  But I don't want to hear their voice.  So I try to lower the volume, but it's at the back of the machine, and when I pull the machine out, the cord won't budge and all t