Refrigerators

Today proved to be an interesting day.

When Ethan arrived his mommy said he was still kind of sleepy

and we could tell - he was hanging on to his blanket and hugging his mommy tight. 

He never minds being dropped off which always makes us feel so good

but you could tell he would have rather stayed home this morning and woke up at his leisure

and then spend the rest of the day with his mommy at home, doing what they do. 

But it was Thursday, one of Mommy's work days, 

and we were blessed enough to get him for a second day this week.

Now it just so happens that I was kind of sleepy, too, 

and I wasn't really happy with my hubby this morning.

I'm not sure why, it was just one of those "marriage moments" 

and probably had more to do with my attitude than anything he had or hadn't done. 

So Ethan and I went about our regular routine and after his breakfast 

I rocked him to sleep for a little nap. 

Milli was really a challenge this morning. 

She's been a handful since she's had whatever it is she has

and caring for her has taken a LOT of patience 

which I didn't have a big supply of this morning, for her anyway.

I texted a friend and asked her to please pray for me

which I'm sure she did because things started to change...

between the prayer from my friend and the worship music I had playing for Ethan as he slept

the day got better and better and I am so grateful. 

Then came the evening...Ha Ha. 

Ethan's momma came to pick him up and I began fixing dinner. 

Papa had made it home in time to play with Ethan before he left

and after dinner as I was cleaning up the kitchen I noticed some dust on the floor beside the fridge.

So I did what any good Susie-Homemaker wife would do...

I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it. 

It wasn't too bad. I vacuumed the floor and then washed it. 

My husband then asked me if I was going to take off the grill and clean there, too...

I said, "NO" which was his cue to do it :0)

OH MY GOODNESS!!! IT WAS BAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was so moved by this experience that I posted a comment on my FB page.
It was hilarious! Of course everyone was asking for pictures

but it was WAY too bad for pictures, 

in fact, it was more than the poor vacuum could even handle. 

Well, that's not exactly right, I mean - it filled the canister twice

but the bigger problem was that even with the crevice tool, 

he couldn't get the vacuum in far enough to get it all. 

And that's when he got the brilliant idea to bring in his small air compressor 

TO BLOW IT OUT!

Now, I'm no rocket scientist, but I know the difference between sucking something up

and blowing something out. 

Well, needless to say, things got a BIT MESSY and guess who cleaned it up?

It wasn't me, ha ha. 

The good news is that all the coils on the bottom of our refrigerator are like new again 

and my floors are shinny clean. The vacuum cleaner filter got cleaned, too, 

and the throw rugs even got washed. 

Let's just hope the fridge keeps working. It is 13 years old after all. 

I hope all that dust wasn't holding it together and keeping it working. 

We shall see. 

I took a break from posting tonight's blog segment so I could jump in the shower and wash my hair. 

It really, REALLY needed to be colored, too, but guess what - 

it didn't happen and I'm ok with that, but that's probably just because I'm so tired. 

Gonna leave you with this tonight...

I love to play music when Ethan is here. He LOVES music and so does his Grandma Dee. 

I try to expose him to different things (besides Yo Gabba Gabba). 

He listens to music at home, too, because his daddy plays guitar and drums

at church and practices at home a lot. 

Well today I stumbled on this video. I've seen it before and was SO inspired.

I was amazed at how much Ethan liked it. 

I hope you like it too: