Twas' the Week Before Christmas by Sarah Saenz

T'was the week before Christmas and all through the house
the appliances started breaking and we spotted a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care
in hopes that by morning dry socks would be there.
While Nate in 3 blankets and Kalea in just two
took their vitamin C to ward off the flu.
When out in the car there arose such a clatter
we popped up the hood to see what was the matter.
With the fridge being broken, the dryer not drying,
I held my cold breath to keep me from crying.
It's the drive belt they said, it may last some time yet,
(but in this cold weather it may break soon I bet).
With two days to go, our God we do know
will give us the greatest gift of all.
Three days in the car, it's not very far,
to the very best place, a cold front we will race,
to have a Merry Christmas with you!

It's been pretty funny in a not funny way the way everything has been breaking. After waking up to a broken refrigerator and freezer we've joked all day about how we will have extra storage. "Mom, have you seen my mittens?" ....."Yes, dear, did you look in the fridge?" or "Momm, where's my backpack?" "It's in the crisper where you put it!" Who needs a fridge, really? Colonists lived without one for hundreds of years. Kalea is extra excited because it means that she gets to eat "noonles" for her bedtime snack every night.....and I had a really good excuse for not having a dessert for the school luncheon today. I also thought about if the dryer is cold and the fridge is hot, then why can't we switch their functions. Wet clothes go in the freezer while we keep the milk in the dryer. Would milk in the dryer make a milkshake? Could we make homemade butter if we added some cream? How long does homemade butter last in a cold dryer? How long would it take the kids to notice that the food and clothes were switched?
I just read the Book of Esther and found it really interesting about how God used a bunch of tiny things to a huge event that changed history. Perhaps these small inconviences will amount to something great. Perhaps when we get the repair man over in January, we can share the gospel with him and have an even greater reward than just a cold fridge and hot dryer. Great things are happening...
Anywho, have a Merry Christmas!!!!