My new washer and dryer arrived this morning!! Yeah!
This morning my dogs were going crazy! I noticed that they were barking and growling at the front door. NOBODY uses my front door. I thought maybe that a delivery company was trying to get my attention. We are waiting for our new treadmill to come. So, I went to see what they were going crazy about.
We did it.
Gordon and I went and purchased a new washer/dryer combo. Our tax money this year was supposed to go towards gravel for the driveway and bark dust for all of our flower beds (when we actually get them in order).
Instead, we just spent it on a new washer/dryer set. It isn't even exciting because this is NOT what we wanted to do right now. I was much more excited about gravel and bark dust, but God had other plans for our money.
I have mentioned before that our dryer puts brown streaks on clothing and our washing machine hasn't worked in a week. I told Gordon we needed to fix the machine so I could do laundry, or it was going to cost about $30 to go to the laundromat. Seriously-I have that much laundry to do!
So, we decided to go look at washers and dryers rather than continuing to nickel and dime our old ones to death. If it's not one thing, it's another with them.
So, with that being said, we are now the owners of brand spanking new appliances! We went with a Maytag brand, front load set. They are white in color because white goes with everything. We opted out of buying the pedestals for now. To purchase those also would have put us over our budget. Maybe with the next litter of puppies we can go back and purchase the pedestals; or I could be white-trashy like and have Gordon build me wood pedestals for now! What do you think?
Most of you know that we have a very athletic boy. He loves all sports. Usually he just plays one sport at a time, but this spring he is playing or doing three different ones. We are very busy running around to different events. We had to go out and buy new folding camp chairs because we have worn out the old ones, plus we bought new stadium chairs for other purposes. Evan is playing soccer, of course.
That is a spring, summer, and fall sport for him. He has practice on Tuesday evenings and games on Saturdays.
He also plays baseball.
He has games on Wednesdays and Fridays. Depending on what field he plays at, we either use the folding chairs or the stadium seats on the bleachers. 
Also, motocross season just started.
Now he is taking lessons from Kyle again and races on Thursdays. It is a good thing Sierra just finished up ballet and isn't doing any sports until fall. Then she wants to try out soccer also. Evan is really great at every sport he tries. He is very competitive and it shows in all his games. We are very proud of him and just want to take a moment to brag about him a little. We are also teaching him that he is part of a team and it takes the whole team to win a game. He understands, and is really great at making sure everyone plays and has fun. He is having a great time, learning lots, getting good excercise, and keeping us VERY busy!
The puppies will be 4 weeks old on Monday. They are very cute right now. They look for you and follow you around, they are starting to eat food, and spend the day time out in the breezeway where they have lots of room to roam around. Here are this week's pictures.
I have Mt. Kilamanjaro (sp?) in my bedroom. No, not actually a rock formed mountain with a fluffy snowy covering. The mountain in my bedroom is formed by dirty socks, undies, shirts, jammies, pants, shorts, towels, etc. You get the picture, right?
So today was supposed to bed laundry day. My plan was to study and do laundry-all day. About 7:15 this morning, I took my first load (king sized flannel sheets and pillow cases) and excitedly put them in the wash machine. Yes, I am good. This is the start of my laundry day! Ten minutes later, after the machine filled up with sudsy warm water all the way to the top, it stopped! What!?! I am used to it making a ton of noise and working its way across the laundry room floor because it spins so hard and fast. Why is it stopping? This can't be happening!! Ok, breathe, Tracie, breathe. You can fix this!
NOT!!
I have had a very heavy, water soaked load of sheets sitting in my washer since this morning. I can't get the wash machine to work. I can't get the water to spin out. I can't lift the 50+ lbs of soaking flannel sheets out of the wash to wring them out.
So, I guess I will have to let them soak until Gordon gets home to help me. I hate it when everything breaks when he is gone!!
Now, I am assuming that I am going to be spending some money on a new washer and dryer.(Oh yeah, my dryer has been putting pencil thin brown streaks on clothes for a couple of months now.)
Anyone know of some good deals on a washer/dryer set?
Sierra: I have bleach on my hand from the trampoline.
Me: The trampoline doesn't have bleach on it.
Sierra: Yes, it does. Look. (she holds out her hands and I see dark spots on them)
See; it's bleach. All over my hands!!!(exasperated)
Me: Sierra, that isn't bleach, it's called pitch!
Sierra: Oh, well I call it bleach!
And from Evan----
Evan: Mom, I wish you were only 20 when I was born.
Me: Why, buddy?
Evan: Because you're a lot older now and you are closer to dying. If you were only 20 when I was born, you would live a lot longer.
Me: (trying not to laugh)Buddy, only God knows when I will die. I could live to be 100, you just never know.
Evan: Wow, then you'd be REALLY old!!
(Yes, I do write down these things in a journal so I can laugh about them later)
