The dryer is on the blink and the washing
machine is making a funny sound – and I’m excited!
I can’t pinpoint the moment I became so
infatuated with new appliances, but each time one needs replacing, the thrill
might even be greater than a new pair of crazy shoes. You may recall the fridge we bought – you know, the one that cost about the same as a small car – and a
new small car at that. I still love that fridge. I literally puff up with pride
when anyone glances in its direction (not hard given the rest of the kitchen
really needs a renovation – it is the highlight – trust me.)
Anyway, what I can remember is a new vacuum about
10 years ago. We were excitedly unpacking it in the kitchen when the doorbell
rang. My brother was staying and his blind date had arrived. I answered the
door and welcomed her in, as my sibling was still busy preening himself for the
occasion. She stepped into the kitchen and her eyes lit up, she stood taller
and a dazzling grin spread over her face…and I don’t think it was our new
vacuum. ‘This is my partner,’ I said, doing a quick intro, ‘my brother is just
in the bathroom.’
Back to the dryer….I’ve been hankering for
one with a condenser for years. In spite of being shacked up with a plumber, do
you reckon that dryer is vented? NO, IT IS NOT! So every time we crank it up,
the laundry turns into a steam room, sadly not like the lovely ones at Aurora
Day Spa with tasteful tiles, relaxing whale-calling, plentiful white fluffy
towels and chilled water served in gorgeous little Moroccan glasses, more like our
laundry full of rapidly chilling fog.
In addition to a condenser, I want a
sensor. I hate it when the clothes get over cooked and that smell only
clothes-left-in the-dryer-too-long get. It reminds me of absolutely everything
that came back from my boarding school laundry.
So the plumber has now added gas-powered to
the list.
I want to renovate, the plumber wants to
move – but at the rate we’re investing in appliances, I’m not sure either will
be happening any time soon. But more disturbing, is my ever escalating excitement
over appliances. That and linen.
3 comments:
Tell me MWW. Would you go a front loader ever? I personally believe they are too small for a good size family wash (which we seem to do far too often in our house!! I think my kids see the washing basket as the perfect alternative to folding clothes and putting them back in the cupboard to wear another day. :(
So get the excitement about linen but appliances - noooo
Good luck in getting your way with " the handsome plumber" as that boarding school linen smell sure stays with one!!!!!!!
Ha ha ha!!!! mother of a man child I'm hearing you! I reckon we could halve our laundry if we insisted on only washing stuff that needed it.
And JB - that smell still gives me the creeps.... MWWxx
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