Our refrigerator arrives TODAY!

We HAVE a refrigerator – actually, it isn’t a refrigerator, it is a re-ator without the fridge because there is no “fridge” to it.

It is a very large silver box that has taken up space in our new kitchen since August. All new and shiny and looking beautiful on the outside – actually, it is shiny and beautiful on the inside too – it just doesn’t “fridge.” It arrived a few months ago and does everything except “fridge.”

There is something to be said for shiny and new and beautiful…but worthless.

Fortunately, when we were new to this home and ordered the appliances that then happened to be supply chain stuck, Sam bought an ugly old refrigerator to have in the garage and it is a good thing, because it has been our cold food storage for most of this year.

There is something to be said for ugly and old but dependable and hardworking.

So, I am grateful for our ugly and old and dependable and hardworking garage reFRIGerator, and I am also grateful that it is going to be spacious tonight because most everything will be moved inside. Old needs to rest and not work so hard and I promise to not neglect it – I will still need it quite often I am certain.

I am grateful for my office window so that I can look outside from time to time and see the gorgeous autumn.

I am grateful for a pretty rotten routine doctor appointment yesterday that included a scale slap-in-the-face. I knew I was big, I just didn’t know HOW big.

I am grateful for a huge water bottle and a Costco sized bag of celery here at work, and a husband who is feeling better enough to create a home-cooked dinner last night that was beyond healthy…to jumpstart me back to correct eating.

I am grateful for a new refrigerator-to-be….although the large, beautiful empty silver box has not contributed to my out-of-controlness, so I guess I am grateful for it, too.

And, I am grateful for unexpected guests in the form of black and furry, as long as they are on the other side of the door. This one, along with Banana and Split, provided a smile yesterday morning: