August 26, 2004
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The Domestic Life
~With Heathens~
Our dryer 'broke' last week. I came home from work, and Mike said it was 'Making funny noises'. Wonderful Our financial situation is not what one would call 'stellar'...and it's just one more thing in the long line of shit to be payed for.
Not that I enjoy doing laudry. And it really could have been over a week before I personally found it 'made funny noises'...but alas, we were in the middle of a 'lets get all the laundry done, and this time we won't let it get so bad again' stage. We go through this every month or so, when it gets bad enough that we can't igore it, or walk over the pile anymore. I know, I know...I'm shameful. I hate doing laundry. I think I've mentioned that before.
Anyway...
So the dryers not working, and we are in the stage. So I do what I can. We have bifold doors, and so I just hung it all up to dry. Yeah. It looked real classy. Mike about choked on his tongue when he came home, he was laughing so hard...meany. But it worked right? Right.
He tells me he found a new dryer in the micronews. I say, hey, why don't we just try and fix this one? Duh. Yeah, but his time is limited...as are his dryer-working-skills I imagine. But he says, OF COURSE he'll look at it before we just go buy a new one. The thing is, in his defence...it sounded bad. ( Of course I had to check it out for myself, like I'm going to just take his word for it...please!) I thought we were going to have to buy a new one, too.
Last Wednesday...at about..Ohhh...MIDNIGHT...he decides it's a good time to go ahead and take it apart. We are hoping against hope it's something fixable.
So he takes off the front.
And we stare in wonder.
Before I start laughing uncontrolably...( while pointing...of course..) This is what we found...
It seems, James, in all his 15 month old wisdom, thought it would be great fun, to take the lint catcher thingie..( My technical term) off. And when he did, he saw this big whole. Well, what would you do if you were 15 months old, and saw a big hole. Why, you'd fill it of course. With whatever you could find handy, from the looks of it!!
As you see...we have here a platic chicken leg..( you never know when you're going to crave one of those, they are handy to have around the kitchen) A knife from Em's picnic basket, a penny..( of course) ONE of Em's aqua shoes..( which I had looked everywhere for....hmm...well, I guess not everywhere, huh?) My newly demolished hair claw, (which that very morning, I was grumbling about not being able to find...), and a binkie..which James calls his uh-oh..(because he drops it..continually, and says "UH-OH!!" ..and we, being the dumb asses we are...continually pick it up...so it's his uh-oh now. I think he's just rubbing it in...) And you see those green things right there?
Remember the 'Funny noise'?
Yep. A greeen plastic Easter Egg. That, Ladies and Gentlemen, was the culprit. A friggin Easter egg! Yep, made a 'funny noise' all right.
OY.
I tried to get a picture of Mikes look when he saw it all, but we just ended up laughing too hard. But we did get this one.
*please note: It's a trick of the camera that I look that bad..and being sick,...no makeup...oh, and of course the fact you can see up my nose*
So, this is where I'd normally put "The Moral of The Story" paragraph. But I can't seem to really think of one right now...lets see...
" Always remember to tie his little hands up when your too busy to watch his every move"?
No...too mean. And he screams too loud anyway. Wouldn't want that headache.
" Atleast we didn't have to buy a new washer"?
Yeah..well, there is that. But I wish it was more...I don't know....more meaningful...of a moral.
But I guess that's what it will have to be, folks.
Hope you all are doing well...
Take care of Yourselves!
xoxo
Me
Comments (19)
LMFAO.
LMFAO.
You guys look happy eh? Things working out better?
hey as far as the laundry etc goes, try http://www.flylady.net
it might really help, it did me.
oh, and also a laundry tip , i started doing this one myself: go to the dollar store and buy four of those collapsable, net laundry baskets. Give each family member one (put one in each room) and instruct accordingly. This way, you can keep track of who's laundry is who's, and who's needs to be done first,second etc. Also, when you're sorting and folding, you no longer have to sort as you know exactly who's laundry it is. I just throw any towel/tea towels/facecloths in with mine so I know where that stuff is too.
Really, it makes such a difference, instead of a massive pile of EVERYONE's shit, you have four nice neat little baskets, tucked fashionably (different colours) into the corner of everyone's rooms.
It only will cost you about 10 bucks.
It's SOOO worth it. You're a working mama now. treat yourself to this little weight-lifter.
be Zen, yo.
That is so funny! I mean, it wasn't funny that you guys thought it was all messed up and all. But, what you found inside was just too much.
I'm so glad to see that you guys seem to be getting along so much better.
You have a budding physicist on your hands there. He understands already that "nature abhors a vacuum", so he was just filling in the empty spaces, being an instrument of universal purpose and destiny.
Two words: baby gate!
Thanks for sharing the domestic mishap with us!
That is too funny! You two have a great sense of humor. I'm glad it worked out in the end and with a good laugh to boot.
That is hilarious! I'm glad it was a cheap fix.
i nearly died when i read that! that is the most funniest thing i have read in a long time! lmfao!
OMG ..I absolutaly needed that laugh!!
Thank goodness he took your advice and fixed it cause what a nightmare it would have been if he would have bought a new one..*slaps forehad*
You both look so relieved...Im relieved for you both
this was great!!thank you
Very funny...reminds me of the time I was driving to my mothers house in east London, and I kept hearing a cat meow, when I got there I found that my new Kitten had got up on the roof rack and into the ladders. Poor thing must have been sh*#ing it's self, I was going at speeds of 40 to 50mph+
I love it!!
ROTFLMAO! And I can, cuz my 14 month old is in the drop everything over the gate bit and soon we'll be stuffing things too. hehe.
love,
me
LOL!! That was an excellent story!! Loved the pics to go with. I wish I had kids ...
That's a hysterical story!!! ROFL!!! Good thing Mike decided to look at the dryer before just accepting that it needed to be replaced!
Actually, I like the "tie his little hands" moral the best.
LOL
that's fabulously funny. and much the better since it's fixed!!!
That is soooo damn funny. Oh the joys of having children.
I really dig the maid by the way. You woudln't happen to have her phone number, would you? I need some, uh, maid service...
lolololol thats funny stuff! Your kids are priccless!
that's a great picture! I wish I had a dryer and washer, but I live in a one bedroom apartment so have to go to a different building to do laundry. Yuck.
OMG! That's too funny! You will have plenty of stories like that to tell in the next couple years... keep laughing, enjoy them moments. They get so much better with time!
How about for a moral, "It's never a bad time for a good laugh!" Sometimes those things happen just at the right moment to release tension and lighten the mood. Laughter IS good medicine, you know.
Ah yes. Perfect. I have saved many a washer from extinction by removing the "extraenous objects" from various parts of the interior. Everything from the orphaned socks, to a small fortune in change, to a small can of cat food. No. Seriously. I mean it. Always check the bottom filter before calling the appliance store.... great story!
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