Wednesday, September 7, 2011

just need to do a little laundry...oh guess not

Excitedly I bound up to my new stacked washer/dryer to do my first load of laundry in my new pad!  So I put clothes and soap in and press all the buttons...then start AND....nothing happens!  WHAT!!!  So first thing I think is that I have to buy a new washer/dryer!  But first I decide to investigate... so I pull the unit out of the closet....Lesson 1.. Unless you are looking for a rollerskating challenge...never were socks, on linoleum and try to move heavy items...it was like being on wheels!

Anyway, so I get a look behind the unit and low and behold...nothing is hooked up!  My initial reaction was to call someone to come and help me...but it looked simple enough, so I decided I SHOULD be able to do this all by myself! 


So I get it all hooked up....



Or so I thought...I turn the washer/dryer back around and proceed to get it all set back up, press the "go" button...again...NOTHING.  Which brings us to LESSON 2....DON'T get it all set up and ready to go, till you KNOW its fixed!


So I pull the unit back out and realize I forgot to turn the water on...DUH!  So I turn both the hot and cold on and they spray everywhere  :(   I work on tightening them, nothing worked.  One thing I do know is that water and electricity make a wonderful combination IF you are looking for a new hair do...something more vertical, not wanting to change my hair, I UNPLUG the unit.   Work on the water a little more and realize, I have to make my first trip to Homedepot!

Off I go to Homedepot, having a pretty good idea that I will just need to buy new hoses, I say NO to everyone that offers me help and decide I want to do it BY MYSELF!  Finally after searching and searching...staring and starting, a nice man offers me some help, so with defeat I accept, as I go on explaining about the thing and thingy that I need to fix, all the while irritated at my own ignorance, he goes on to tell me I probably just need a washer and some teflon tape...$4.00 total!  SWEET! 

I get my stuff and decide that I need some tools and a tool box.  Excitedly I go to the tool box isle thinking, surely I will find something cute for girls there...WRONG!!!! I was terribly disappointed by the total lack of femininity in the tool isle!  Apparently I am the ONLY female that has ever bought a tool box and tools!  I ended up with a red and black tool box with HUSKY written on it :(   So NOT feminine...must we also look like men when we are working on our house?  This disappoints me, however I suck it up and go on about my way.

I get home with my new box of manliness and put the washers in and put the tape on the water hook ups...
I plug it all back in, turn the water on and squeeze out from behind the unit, press the buttons and PRESTO...it works...no squirting water, and everything appears to be working!!!!  I get it all set back up, and start my first load of laundry!

SUCCESS!!!

I am VERY proud!!!  

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