In a twist on the usual schedule, The Great Appliance Failure of 2006 has started earlier in the year than in years past. This year's participants include the burglar alarm, the kitchen faucet and the dryer. However, we are one up on the dryer now, since, as of this evening, as we are the proud owners of a new one with a 3 year warranty. And, big ol' box.
After an exhausting afternoon of watching the Busy Girl's basketball team get their butts handed to them on a plate (Only 5 kids showed up. Why, yes, they do play 5 people at a time, and that does mean all the kids had to play the entire game) and gorging ourselves at the buffet where time stood still (if you are local, its in a certain plaza in a part of town that sounds a lot like "Melle Beade" where the guys in the white jackets carry your tray), I was ready to come home and crash. When I asked Busy Dad what the rest of the day had in store, he informed me that this was the day we get a brand! new! dryer! I was pretty fired up until I realized that I was the subject of the action verb "get".
So, I forced myself off the couch and drove and drove to everyone's favorite department store that carries appliances. Since we never used the mall gift card, I figured I could get the dryer, and, maybe get myself a little treat while I was at the mall. However, Busy Dad also deemed that we needed a new chain saw, which meant I had to scale back my self-shopping intentions a bit. I figured that I'd have a little money left over after getting the items, but, boy was I pissed off when I realized that, in order to use the mall gift certificates, Sears had to first convert them to Sears gift certificates. Since there was nothing I wanted at Sears, I sulked for a bit and decided to just save the balance for a "rainy day" when we really needed something.
Little did I know that immediately upon walking out the the car, I'd bash myself in the nose while moving the van seat to make room for the dryer, thus breaking my glasses cleanly in two. Welcome to the rainy day. Sponge Bob frames from Sears Optical, anyone? May be only slightly more sex-ay than the white tape I'm sporting on the bridge of my glasses now. It was a long 30 mile ride on the Interstate in the dark without my glasses on, probably slightly longer for the other drivers on the road around me.
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Ohhhh, miserable. Miserable. I'm so sorry for your sucky Saturday. Mine was slightly better, as it only involved seven 12-year-old girls over here for five hours to work on a project.
And now that they're gone, hello, Yellowtail!
Now you get to use your soap though! Oh, never mind, you can't read the instructions, so laundry can wait for another day!
We're moving (will be forever, it seems), and we had to buy a new refrigerator. There's something so much less pleasing about buying new appliances because you HAVE to, as opposed to because you WANT to. Ugh. I was just irritated the whole time we were at Sears. Didn't even wanna BE at Sears, but danged Consumer Reports and those Kenmores...
FYI... Sears actually has some cute purses, believe it or not. and quite the selection too!
actually sears' landsend kids' clothing are pretty good. good quality and good price.
hope you have better days
Hi Busy Mom, thanks for the visit to holtieshouse, I would never laugh at the Wiggles, with them, yes.
Slim was an institution here and is sadly missed.
I would never normally plug my site directly like this - but I'm just preparing a bunch of activities your kids can do with empty cardboard boxes.
Didn't plan on seeing any that big, though!
Don't be bored!
Tommy
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Free kids activities, games and more!
I have a pair of toddler girls size 9 Sponge Bob tennis shoes if you're interested. Anyone, anyone?
p.s. that box pic is too cute...I like how they have their modern amenities in the box with them :)
Well when it rains, it pours...you crack me up!!
We are still paying for The Great Appliance Failure of 2005 and bracing for 2006. The Miele vaccum cleaner is making funny sounds this a.m. Our ice maker stolidly refuses to work these last few days. We've already had the Sears dude out to repair the new Kenmore Elite Smart Washer that I recently sold my soul to Sears for. (DON'T DO IT!) I mean, they told me it would handle my horse blankets and any other horse-related laundry I want to do, not to mention the mountain of insulated coveralls, wool sock, long underwear, etc., that my family goes through each week. Lucky I bought the maintenance contract since we live in the middle of nowhere and it takes an Act of God to get them to come out to my little ranch anyway.
Each time I go to Sears I entertain the idea of a ROOMBA! The ultra deluxe model which I suspect will also provide hours of entertainment for my blue heeler dog. I'm getting myself one when we have the Next Appliance Failure and I am sent on the Sears quest. The 2006 wave ought to be gathering here soon...
You might want to take BusyDad to the STIHL power saw store. That's where all of the monster power saws are.
BusyMom, you crack me up. ;-)
Ouch! Hope your nose is okay and bummer about the glasses.
Love the cardboard condo! But.....what's up with Busy Boy's hair color?
Yikes, broken glasses.
Aren't those cardboard boxes cool? We still have ours from our new TV in the backyard - it has been there since January 3rd when we got the TV (yes, it has been THAT LONG since we had rain - longer actually, like the beginning of December). Better than a Gameboy!
Okay, how exactly (and I do mean EXACTLY) did you tape your glasses back together? I snapped Henry's in two last week and was completely unable to fix them.
But because I am cheap and his glasses cost the equivalent of the GNP of a third world country, I want to tape them for future emergencies. Isn't that sad? So help me out here.
~Appliance Failure 101~
Ok I'm freaked about "I Gallop On's" washing machine experience. We bought that washer a month ago. Then the dishwasher finally went out. Made that same trip to "that" Mall. Did not make it to the BM cafeteria though. I haven't been there since my grandmother died. Sorry about the glasses. Do you like shopping for glasses?
We ran into that at Macy's--they had to convert the mall card so we could use it. I did my other shopping first and then let them convert the remainder that I knew I was going to use there, because it was Clinique bonus days and who doesn't need more whatever-that-lipstick-is-that-they-always-give-away?