Sunday, September 9, 2007

The washing machine saga....

So on Thursday I was doing a load of diapers and my washing machine decided that it was time to retire. Why do washing machines always break when you're washing DIAPERS???? Can someone tell me that???? So I ignored it until Ed came home to work on it, he couldn't fix it, and the last time we called someone it was like $150 to fix it. Which is pretty much almost the price of a NEW washing machine. So Saturday I borrowed my mom's SUV and went to Lowe's and bought myself a brand new washing machine. I REALLY wanted the red one, but it was $1200 and I just can't justify that lol, so I got the $300 version. See, I'm still alive! So I get the guys at Lowe's to load my new machine into my car and go home. NOTE: it's an hour round trip from my house to the closest Lowes. I live in the boonies. But, we have mushrooms. So not only is it an hour round trip, but I have to deal with the SIXTY THOUSAND PEOPLE who came to my little (pop:5500) town to see mushrooms, so it's really an hour and a half trip with some rising blood pressure thrown in. So I get home, leave the machine in the car b/c Ed is doing something.... an hour later the phone rings. It's Lowes. Asking me if I happen to have a black gas range in my car. Stupid loading guys at Lowe's!!! I ASKED them if that was my new washing machine! Not my new gas range for my house that doesn't even have a gas line!!!! So Ed gets in the car, and goes BACK to Lowe's to exchange the range for our washing machine. Comes, home, needs a beer. We go to the festival, come home, Ed bitches that Henry doesn't have any diapers and I nicely point out that if I had a washing machine installed I could wash some diapers. So he installs the washing machine. Takes the old one out, gets the new one in, proceeds to flood my entire laundry room and kitchen b/c he didn't quite drain the old one .... hooks it up......




It only works on cold.





I have had it. So I washed my diapers anyways and Ed is dealing with the people at Lowes about the damn washing machine as I type. I should have gotten the red one.

2 comments:

T from PA said...

So did you get the washer fixed?? I'm trying right now to deal with a washer issue, 2 months after it broke!! And finally will be getting a new one, maybe at Lowe's, maybe not after reading your blog-LOL! I finally put my foot down about the darn laundromat, so off to Lowe's I go today, or not-LOL-and wondering if I should go to Home Depot instead! Liked your saga!
T from PA

Amy Mae said...

Well, we didn't get it *fixed*, but we did take it back 3 or 4 times and the final time got ourselves a Whirlpool. Lowes was really helpful - just don't get the GE!