i'm gonna wash that washer right outta my hair

yay!
the old washing machine is breathing its last breaths! i noticed a couple days ago that the agitator is not agitating and bilbo doesn't know how to fix it, soooooooo..... that means we are getting a new one! i know, it's weird to be excited about a washing machine but hey, you know the history! so, we took a field trip to lowe's tonight to check out the contenders.

basically, this is the dream
and this is the reality
and that's ok, cuz i know they both basically do the same things, only one is prettier! it could be worse, i could be squatting down at the creek with a board and a rock!

so, this weekend, i guess we will be hauling home a new friend to help me with the laundry...and to that i say "YAY!"

grateful for:
1. modern technology
2. a hubby who takes care of my needs... (i'm talking about the appliances!!....wink wink)
3. everything i have...and don't have

wash day woes: part one

okay, that title implies that i have but one wash day a week. as in, "this is the way we wash our clothes so early monday morning." maybe in some parallel universe, that would be so, but this is not the case. i do laundry most days in a given week. and, as my washer and dryer are ancient and get so much use, they have seen better days. heck, they've seen 'em, but they're so old, they can't remember them!

this is never so obvious as when i put in a load of wash, and a few minutes later, i am alerted to the tell-tale galloping sound of an unbalanced load. i race out to the laundry room and tripping over all the debris, reach for the knob to stop the spinning cycle. i lean against the machine to catch my breath and notice that "old faithful" has traveled an inch or so.

the above scenario happens pretty often, no matter what i do to place the clothes evenly around the drum. it also doesn't help that elle comes over with her months worth of laundry and totally overloads the washer! i had to explain to her how a washing machine works and that the agitator has to be able to move to actually clean the clothes!

so, one day recently, i had put in a load of bilbo's work clothes and was busy in the other room. i became aware that i was hearing something but i didn't know what it was. i perked my ears and listened for a few seconds and then realized it was the washer again. i went tearing through the house, dashed out to the laundry room and caught sight of "old faithful", moving wildly across the floor and the top part that holds the lid had broken away and was flapping open and closed, kinda chomping at me!!!!! i got to the machine and pushed the knob in. as the spinning and thumping stopped, i saw that this time, it had moved a full 2 1/2 inches forward and about an inch and a half away from the side of the dryer! clearly, a record breaking trip for my trusty ole washer. and yet, it runs...takes a lickin and keeps on tickin!

i wish i didn't have to tax my poor washer so badly, but as long as convention requires mankind to wear clothing, i will be doing laundry...a LOT!

grateful:
1. for the maytag repair man
2. that i can fit a little "exercise" into my day
3. that t.willie enjoys helping with the laundry, even if it's just to use the basket for a stage!

A real Wash-out

so, ok, if you’ve been following along, (and surely you can follow three days worth of posts!), you will know of our water/drainage problems. Not only are our sink drains affected, but so are the washer and the toilet (which is another story for another time!).With all the rain in the last couple weeks, I have not been able to do much laundry. I know, it breaks yer heart! As a result, a very large, scary pile has been forming in my laundry room and today I was finally able to start tackling it. This got me to thinking about the sad state of my laundry apparatus and also about the contest I have been taking part in daily. It is sponsored by Frigidaire and Save the Children. Every day you log in and click, $1 is donated to Save the Children and you are entered to win a daily prize and the grand prize of a beautiful, shiny, new, grade-A, topoftheline, super dee duper Frigidaire Affinity washer and dryer!!!! Go to www.maketimeforchange.com . sign up and enter and if you win, I’ll kill ya!!! Hahaha I jest! No, I mean it! Really, I’ll kill ya!!! So….GOOD LUCK!!

grateful today for:

1. modern conveniences, however old and broken down they are

2. music to dance to

3. long-playing children's movies