Christmas has come and gone

We have been cleaning house for two days now. Mom had me take down all the holiday lights. Everything was either wet or wet/dirty so I coiled them on the garage floor to let them dry out before I box them up. The vaccuming is done, the floors have been swiffered, and the beds are in different stages of sheet washing and making them up. It seems like the washer and dryer have been running for days. I decided to open the dryer compartment up and check for lint. When I removed a metal funnel piece that directs the air thru a large fan and out to the dryer hose I found a huge plug of compacted lint and dirt. I removed it, washed the piece because it felt oily/sticky and then checked the vent hose and found more lint, but not as bad. Spent a couple of hours trying to get all the pieces back together and pulled the dryer back into position after pulling the washer out and away for room/leverage. I can only hope that everything stayed connected.

Well, we never got our refrigerator today. I thought Mom had called and found that it wasn't in yet, but later she told me it was in but thought I wouldn't want to pick it up myself. Anyway, hook or crook I had better have refrigerator tomorrow; either they bring or I will drive to Albany and pick up (HMMMMMMMMMMMMM but then how do I get rid of the one we have since Home Depot was to pick it up for free ----- cancel that idea). Living out of iceboxes is getting really old (this escapade has been going on since Thanksgiving with a straight 8-9 day diet with ours out of service completely) and I am worried about the safety of the food; I think a lot of stuff will go to landfill.

Hope everyone had a great time. I started using that mechanical flashlight; it is really cool and holds it's charge for a long time with just a little turning. Christian called to thank us for his basketball Xbox game which arrived today. I have read the dog book and hope to start the science book that the Deans got me. Believe it or not but there is still good fudge left and I have two big slabs in an icebox in the garage. Does fudge spoil when it is just cool? I would hate to throw it away.

I truly had much more fun with the grandkids this year and look forward to more good times in the near future. Love, Dad