How appropriate that my good friend Emma sent that card that arrived Thursday
afternoon! It is a special warm fuzzy message that asked if I was having a bumpy week? ...and a reminder that she's always there for me. This week has been "one of those." It was going well Monday
and Tuesday, But Tuesday morning we did the commissary shopping for the
next few weeks. I loaded the frig with meats and veggies, fruit, etc.
Well, I was off to a great start on Weds morning, finally getting back
to being creative after a few months of abstinence, and forgot to have my
cell near and my Sweetie was locked out because I had the screen door locked
and didn't hear the phone. So, he had gone back to work and
stayed there for his munch break. I found this out after I had put leg-quarters on the grill for our dinner. My mistakes meant he was at the kung fu school from 7 AM to 7 PM. I really
thought I would be in the doghouse and hear no end of it later, but he
was very forgiving. Anyway, as I was on the phone with him finding all this out, the chicken caught fire and was nearly destroyed. Later that afternoon, I broke my coffee pot as I put it into the dishwasher, and had to clean glass out of the dishwasher. Then my Ott
lamp broke (trying to get some light so I could see if I could repair the
toilet that was not flushing as it should.) By that evening (WEDS still)
it seemed that the food was not as frozen as it should be. I was not
overly alarmed as it often takes a day when I really load the freezer. On
Thursday morning, I realized that the frig was stuck in defrost, and our
food was in danger of spoiling, so I spent several hours trying to clean the grills and use a fan to cool the coils and to jump it out of
defrost. I was having some luck, but it wasn't holding, so I had to use a
cooler with ice to help out.
Thursday afternoon, the "yard guy" came
to clean up and mow, and when he was
using the weed-whacker, it threw a
rock into the front glass door and shattered it. At that point, I
retrieved the mail, and on my way into the house through our side door,
the screen door didn't want to close for some reason ...seemingly out of alignment.. At that moment, I opened the mail and read Emma's card. What a moment it was! I had to laugh and take a big inhale/exhale. Friday, the battle with the frig continued, and I had to cancel clients to make an emergency run to a friends freezer with boxes of food. As a last resort, I had to unplug it and let the thaw begin. ??????? So, ya
think my week has been "bumpy?"
I would like to add that this morning the frig is back to normal. Thank you God for small wonders! I avoided an expensive repair bill, saved my food, and felt the love of a good friend who wanted me to know she had my back.
So, next week just has to be a whole lot better, and everything is better when I can be creative. This time, the creation is a study on red. It will go with a garment that is being created from a very old quilt top I started decades ago. However, that is another blog, and I will take you all through that process soon.
Thursday afternoon, the "yard guy" came
to clean up and mow, and when he was
