Thankfulness

Counting my blessings. We have so much.

Our fridge has been on the fritz for some time. At times, it has stopped working all together.

No coldness was coming out of that box. No sir-ee.

So, we worked for hours, taking the freezer apart, once again, getting out the heat gun (you know--the one I use for embossing? Well it has a new use - not just for embossing these days) and having at it.

THIS TIME, the ice maker, which has never been used, came out for good!

YAY! A bit more room in the freezer now.

Then I cleaned for another hour after putting the darn thing back together, my husband Kirby taking the unruly styrofoam lining that was crumpled up in the back of the inner freezer between the fins, completely out too.

For now, it's humming along, and not running so often. Good and cold again..

So nice to have a clean fridge, and not much in it, actully, I just HAD to take a picture.
Ahhhhhhhh. Clean and cold.

And there's room for food again.

Thank You Lord!
For all that we are...all that we have.
Amen!

Grattitude Journal

My friend keeps Grattitude Journals. She has done so for years - she is diligent.

What a wonderful thing to do, I thought. So I started one in a pretty green leather desk planner that my daughter got for Christmas. She handed it down to me.

It better serves as a small place to jot down why I'm thankful for each and every day.

It's never hard to be thankful, just to be diligent.

So far, I'm having to really think about doing this every day, at the end of the day. Or early, before anyone else is up, when I actually have a moment to myself, and while yesterday is still fresh in my mind.