Last year, the Mr. and I bought a new refrigerator.
I have loved it, let me tell you. The LCD lights inside make it easy to find things, and the freezer has more space because the ice maker is in the door.
But…
A few months ago, before Rooster left for Basic, the ice maker decided to quit making ice.
I tried everything that my searches on Google said to try, and then I set up an appointment with Sears.
A couple of days before they came, the ice maker started working again. I canceled my appointment and thanked the Lord that we wouldn’t be forking out oodles of money for a repair.
Fast forward to last week and the sight that greeted me one morning…an empty ice maker.
Sigh.
So, I tried to remember what steps I’d taken the last time.
I checked the tubing to make sure it wasn’t frozen and even got out the hair dryer and blew hot air on it for a few minutes just in case.
I also vacuumed the vent in front of the fridge. I forget to clean this regularly, and with three dogs in the house, hair builds up quickly.
I turned on the accelerated ice feature and checked on it in the morning.
Nothing.
I googled, pushed the refrigerator away from the wall to check for other blockages, and hit the freezer with more hot air from the blow dryer.
For awhile.
Then I waited a couple more days.
The Mr. bought a bag of ice while I tried to remember if I still had ice cube trays…the old fashioned kind…in one of my cabinets.
#firstworldproblems
When I checked the freezer a day or two later, I found this…
I had ice cubes! There weren’t many, but hey, they were new!
I texted the picture to the Mr.
His response: “Psycho.”
Ha!
But then there was nothing else.
For several days.
Nothing.
I bought a new bag of ice to get us through the weekend.
I began to pray.
No kidding.
I laid my hand right on the ice maker, blew more hot air on various parts of the freezer, and prayed some more.
I also added a note to my to-do list…”Call Sears.”
And I prayed again.
And then the next day, I had a few more ice cubes!
Then, I began hearing the sound of an ice cube or two dropping into the bin and the refrigerator’s ice tray filling with water.
This happened in regular intervals until I found this two days ago…
The psycho ice maker had a Come to Jesus meeting with the One who hears prayers.
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