A Dusting of the Cobwebs: New Lg Washing Machine...

A Dusting of the Cobwebs....

welcome to my blog!
...allow me a brief introduction...

In a reacent conversation with my daughter, her questions were why I, and her Dad were so quiet about our lifes? Meaning writing or telling about our own personal historys.

I didn't think there was anything important to write about. As I was just a normal person, getting up in the morning and getting the day started, getting kids off to school, or meeting schedules of the whole family, cleaning house, and landry. Keeping little ones busy, and changing diapers, comming home fixing dinner, helping with homework, putting kids to bed, watch some news, go to bed. And then do it all over again the next day. Then some days was teaching lessons in Primary, RS, MIA, Sundayschool, cub scouts, or helping at schools, ect. Family home evening, Visiting teaching, and even some Home teaching and being the family schaefer. most of the time we had one car, 6 kids, one working husband. Oh yes, the multi years of music lessons, and baseball teams, coaching, and even one major jumproap champion, for one daughter.

We had trials too. some were very hard, just thinking about a single memory of losing our son, brings tears. But we are told that this life is to meet trials, and how we handle them will be for our own eternal growth.

A very wise Stake President, President Alred, once said "We are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity. We will work by the sweat of our brow, to work our way through this life... But remember we are here to be schooled in the principles of eternity."

So, I welcome you to my blog. Please feel free to stay and go as you please, and wander where you wish. And, as always, feel comfortable in sharing those stories that you may feel are just "an every day" thing as well...

Sep 29, 2014

New Lg Washing Machine...

I have noticed the last few weeks that every time I have used our washing machine it has been getting noisier. It sounded pretty loud to me, like perhaps a transmission, or the motor.
I mentioned it to Lynn, and told him to start saving for a new machine, as this sounded worse than any others we have had before.

About two weeks ago we were lucky to have completed a small wash load, before the washer was screaming to stop. Realizing it would cost more to fix then to buy, we decided to look for a new washer which we might be able to afford.

We decided to stop at Home Depot on our way to Salt Lake City, to see what they might have, and was surprised to find out they had a nice sale running on appliances.

I have dreamed of having a front load washer, where the door was on the front side. I realized, I struggle getting cloths out of the dryer, because of the trouble I have with my back. The washer would need a stand for it to sit on, and that would cost another $250 which we don't have.

We did find a Lg upright washer which has everything the Lg front loader does, including a window in the lid. As one of the new washers, it does not have a agitator in the middle of the tub.

This last week when we were shopping at Walmart. I was checking out the soaps and rinses that are low sudses, which have to be used in the new machines. A young lady and I begin to talk about the soaps, I found out she had just bought the same washing machine a week before, and loves it.

It was fun to talk to her and to learn more about my machine, I am looking forward to when it comes, in five more days.

In my mind I remember with warmth, the excitement we both had as we talked.

UPDATE:

It was delivered Sat. Oct 4.....Oh, what a Machine!!! I was surprised mostly, that it uses very little water. I am use to a washer filling up the tub, with water to wash cloths. This machine weighs the cloths and then decides how much water to use. Often the water does not cover the cloths. Most of the time it runs for about a hour, going through many cycles. I am surprised how clean the cloths come out. It has a computer inside that does most all the decision. It locks the lid to keep children from accidentally getting in and getting hurt while its running. It makes all kinds of sounds as it goes through its cycles, not loud just sounds, like sounds going from bottom pitch to a high pitch, and back down again. These new sounds are just on the other side of the wall, where the bird room is. And they are scared of them, not knowing what it is, that's invading their room.

We definitively have reached a modern age in washing machines. Kind of scary to think that something so technical, and expensive, could be destroyed very easy by some over powering electrical power surge.

So far so good,.....after time passes I will make up my mind more....how ever, its here and we are paying for it. I just hope its not like a lot of choices I have made in the past... and regret my decision...

Oct 28....I am very impressed with this washer....I am still spell bound with the way it works...however the cloths come out very clean.

A Dusting of the Cobwebs