Boring but Relevant

I love to write about exciting, funny or sentimental things.....

But once I was talking to my sister, Rebecca (You are talking too much) 

as I was cleaning the parts of my dishwasher.

Her response was, "You clean the parts of your dishwasher???"

"Are you suppose to do that???"  

"You need to blog about that!!!!"......

Said the younger sister to the 'oh so much wiser'  older sister,       Sooo........

Guess what this blog is about?

NOPE!  not about my horrible hair.... 

But the necessity of cleaning the parts of your dishwasher.....

Approximately every 6 months, your dishwasher needs to be taken apart and the gunk washed out.

Right now, my diswasher is not that dirty because I had just cleaned it out about 2 months ago...

But grease, scum, and film can build up and cause your dishwasher to not be efficient.

You begin by unscrewing the filter, and pulling it out...

Then lift out the screen...

Wash in hot sudsy water.....

Sometimes I even have to use a scrub brush... 

notice the gunk in the top of the filter?? 

And the dirty dishes in the sink....

This is the bottom side of the screen.... it needs to be scrubbed also.....

And I had just done this 2 months ago!!!!!

Once you get them completely clean,

You then put the pieces back together and ........

Waahhh  laahhh.........your dishwasher will work more efficiently....

If only I can figure out how to get it to load and unload itself...

then I would really be happy...

Love,

Catrina

Rebuild

I shared with you my adding of color to our deck

to make it more of a place to set and enjoy life.

This past week, a horrible storm came through and turned our deck upside down.

So quickly,  it went from

To.....

The rest of the deck didn't look much better.....  but what amazed my husband and I.. In the middle of the wind,  debris,  rain and destruction.......

One of God's little miracles......

 a little hummingbird.

It was able to fly around and continue its life, as normal.

This was such an example to me. One of the tiniest,

and the weakest,  continuing as if life was okay.

I think I can use this as an example

in my own life....

When the storms of life rage around me....

and I see destruction and debris....

I can still go on, with beauty, valor, and victory....

I am Another of God's miracles....

You can  be too......

Love,

Catrina