Hello there!
Would you believe I was searching on the internet for images of a refrigerator that I could use for this post? Then I thought, duh, take a picture of your own fridge, silly. So I did. And I chose this one because it's so typical. Amy picked up those ladybug printed pajama bottoms at a garage sale. Never mind they don't fit in any sense of the word, but she loves them. My girls sure enjoy combining their jammies with whatever suits their fancy, so they come up with interesting combinations (much like when they dress for leaving the house).
I've been fairly quiet the past few days, haven't I? You know it's not because I'm sitting around watching Oprah and eating bon-bons, right? (much as some people in this house, who shall remain nameless, like to joke). I don't watch Oprah anymore, or Doctor Phil or tv at all during the day. I got me some satellite radio on my DirecTV and I've found an awesome country music station that I listen (and dance) to all day. Technically, I guess the tv is on, but I'm not watching it.
Yesterday I cleaned the refrigerator.
Shocking, huh?
I have a little tidbit of advice that you might want to remember. When you are making Jello Jigglers for a birthday party (in October), it is NOT a good idea to try to stretch the concoction by pouring it onto a cookie baking tray (at least it isn't a good idea for me). Why? Because, until that stuff sets, it's very liquid and very, very easy to spill. And spill I did, all over the fridge. Did I clean it up at the time it happened...nooooooo....I was in the middle of party prep.
Second little tidbit, Jello Jiggler concoction is a pain in the patootie to clean up after it sets for several weeks. Just sayin' you might not want to let it do that should you ever spill the stuff in your fridge. And you might want to listen to your daughter who tells you just about every time she opens the fridge, that there is STILL Jello in the fridge.
Sigh.
But not anymore.
I cleaned up the Jello. And would you believe said daughter didn't even notice?
Sigh.
I gotta say though, I went in armed with a bucket of hot soapy water and cleaning rags, but it was my Pampered Chef scraper that saved the day. I love that thing (well three of the things) best couple of dollars I ever spent. I use them all the time. I guess an old credit card might do the same thing, but these scrapers save the day more often than not for me.
And in honor of cleaning the inside of the fridge, I also decided to clean behind and below it as well. Which led to me accidentally hitting the ice machine pipe and causing an itsy bitsy teeny tiny leak. It also led to a trip to the home improvement store to try to find something to help me clean the coils under the fridge, since my vacuum attachment was too big. I was surprised at how hard it was to find, but I was persistent and successful.
And the brushes I found will also work for the dryer (yay).
What should have taken maybe an hour ended up taking most of my kid free time.
Sigh.
But it's done and I've added a note to self...add cleaning the fridge to my regular cleaning cycle
and...
always use the correct pan for Jello Jigglers.
Just sayin'.
May your weekend be free of hardened Jello Jigglers in your fridge!
Have a good one.
