Friday, January 25, 2008

New Laundry Appliances!

There's been so much going on with all of Scott's home improvement projects. This week he finished the water filtration system. Our water was drinkable before, but it had high iron and mineral counts and made everything (including my hair over a period of time) turn orange. So we shouldn't have to scrub orange stains out of the toilets anymore. And my hair might stay blonde when I make it that color, rather than becoming strawberry blonde! The water also tastes even better. Ah, fresher water.

Scott finished the water and figured he'd move on to the washing machine. It had been filling very slowly lately. He fixed the filling issue, but something happened to make it not stop filling itself up. That can be very BAD. So basically, he pulled a Tim, the Toolman, Taylor on me. Darn. I didn't think we'd need a new washer for a long time. It was only a few years old. Oh well, Scott and Ed went to Loewe's and came home with a new washer/dryer SET! We didn't even need a dryer (yet). The dryer was in the old trailer when we bought the place 12 years ago, but it was in good shape and dried the clothes. That's all it needed to do, right. Well, these new ones are awesome. I didn't realize how exciting doing the laundry can be. They wash, dry, fluff, etc. Lot's of buttons. Every load seems to come with lots of decisions. How big, how long, water temp, and other things I'm not used to thinking about when I just pushed 'start' before. It's fun. The first loads have just come out. They are fluffy and clean! Thank goodness.
Walker wrote all his Valentines last night. He did great. It took a long time, but he kept at it. He did all the kids in his class (14) as well as signing his own name. We had some left over after that so he did more for his "big kid" friends. We're going to work on his birthday party invitations soon. It's coming up in a few weeks. Can't believe he's going to be 6.

Walker at Sue's (Uncle Donnie in the background) on Christmas day. He wore the suit given to him by Danny. We love hand-me-downs.
Walker and Danny "belly dancing" on Danny's 13th birthday. Must be a guy thing.

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