Theories in Laundry

The results are in -WE CAN GET A WASHING MACHINE THROUGH OUR DOOR!

Which is great news because I'm getting tired of the washing that is piling up around me.  It's a little sad as well because I had postulated some great theories on how our existing machine actually made it into our basement utility room.

Theory 1:  Grow-Your-Own Washing Machine
A group of scientists develop an instant-grow washing machine (just add water!) for utilization in future space colonizing missions.  The tablet weighs one ounce and springs to full-size after being doused in water.  Unfortunately the lead scientist died in a bizarre gardening accident before developing a shrinking formula for the washing machine.  The other scientists in the team were so devastated by the loss that they all gave up their earthly possessions and are living in various ashrams across India.  A prototype tablet was among the possessions given away and made it to a local garage sale. At this point a previous owner of this house bought it and happily installed it in the basement knowing they would never again need to haul laundry to a laundromat ever again..

Theory 2:  Alien Technology
(Inspired by Torchwood)  A secret government agency has been utilizing captured alien technology and has been experimenting with teleportation.  A previous owner of this house happened to be an electrician doing work at the secret agency.  He was a nice guy that everybody loved.  When he mentioned that he would love to get a washing machine in his basement, but couldn't because the doorways were too narrow, a grateful agency employee transported a washer/dryer set over.  Being a secret government agency, the electrician had to sign a document swearing never to speak of the teleportation incident ever again.  Not that it would have been a problem because soon after selling the house, the electrician passed away in a bizarre gardening accident.

Theory 3:  Laundry Fairy
On the eve of the Vernal Equinox, the Laundry Fairy visits all the laundry rooms and leaves gifts of new washer/dryers to those that are the most sincere.  Either my laundry room is not sincere enough or we need to presume the Laundry Fairy is just missing in action, presumably suffering from a bizarre gardening accident.

So as you can see, all these wonderful theories will never be put to test as we can just replace our washer the boring old normal way.

On Top of Mt Washmore

I'm very Laundry Focused at the moment.

I have such huge piles of things to wash that it may take me several days to reach the summit of Mt. Washmore.

And we don't have a new machine yet.

You see, after measuring the width of the most logical door to get a machine through and measuring the width of the machine we have, we were left scratching our heads & wondering "How the heck did they get this in?!?"

We gamely went to the store with our measurements & crossed fingers.  The nice lady helping us got the delivery guy out for us to talk to.  He actually told us "We won't sell you anything until we are sure it will get through the door.  I'll come out and take a look before you decide."  The visit is free as well!  Service is one thing you can count on when you buy from "the little guy" instead of a big box store. 

Now "we" have to make sure that the laundry room is in good order before his visit early Friday morning.  We may end up with scratches on the sides.  Mr. Mercer is not so concerned because he feels it will be a talking point when we host one of our many Laundry Room Cocktail Parties.  That and the fact that our washing machine and dryer will no longer match.

And in case you need some entertaining reading whilst you are doing your laundry, may I suggest

Dirty Laundry

A few weeks ago the belt on our washing machine broke.  DH was able to obtain a replacement belt and fix it.  Or so we thought.

On Friday, the darn thing broke again!

We decided we would try replacing it one more time and do only small loads.  (Please keep in mind that I hadn't really caught up from being without a washing machine the FIRST time it broke.)

Being the dutiful, frugal wife that I am I placed a small load in the washer.  It made it through the cycle with no problems.  However, when I unloaded it I noticed a strong odor.  A strong odor remarkably similar to the odor that the burnt out belt makes.  So now I'm scared that if I attempt another small load, the machine will end up in smoke once again.  The stress is just too much.

We need a new machine!

Fortunately DH found a replacement.  Isn't she beautiful?

I don't think we'll be getting the pedestal, although it would be  nice not to have to bend over so much to load and unload.  Frankly, I'll just be happy to toss in a load without worrying that I'll set the house on fire!


NEWSFLASH!!!  Turtle has just reported that the TV stopped working.  Hardly unexpected, it's been operating on its last tube for a long time now  :-P