Alternating grains in-and-out of refrigerator

[Guest guest]

My grains are doing great and I'm sure they've doubled in size in the

month that I've had them. -- Has it been a month!? -- In any event, I

only use 8oz of Kefir a day by myself, but my grains are going through 4

cups/day. I know I can eat some of the grains (how much at a time?), I

give some grains to my dogs and some kefir to the dogs and cats, but I

still really have too much. I'd also like to start growing cheese. In

any event, I went out of town last week for 5 days and put the Kefir in

the refrigerator and it seemed to do just fine. I know some people have

been having a debate about fermenting Kefir in the fridge, but I was

just thinking about fermenting on the counter, like normal, until I have

a half-gallon or so saved up, then putting them in the fridge for a few

days-week until I had drank the Kefir I had on hand, then take them back

out and ferment some more. Has anyone else done this and is it

unhealthy for the grains, or can they stand going in-and-out of the

fridge like that?

Thanks