Just when we thought we would have a little more spendable income, the dryer dies on us. The Beast did everything he could to see if he could get it running or figure out what was wrong with it. He even got online to see what comments might lead him to the problem and what did he find? Our dryer apparently has outlasted most of the dryers of that particular line by four years. *Sigh* Are we lucky or unlucky?
So he goes to Lowe's to look at what they have available and he finds an LG on sale. VERY much on sale so he comes home to look up the specs on it to see what features it has. Nice! Very nice dryer. Even has the steam feature on it to freshen AND sanitize. (It also has a special shelf for putting things like luggage, backpacks, etc. to kill off any bedbugs that might have been picked up in your travels...yuk!) Not a feature I hope we ever need for that!
So he ends up buying the dryer, which has a HUGE tub in it so that you can easily dry a king-size comforter in it with ease. We tried to get hold of Sheepie since she is always saying not to buy anything big there without letting her know so we can get her discount. I had tried calling her but she doesn't even have her voicemail set up so I couldn't reach her. The Beast decided just to buy it rather than keep trying since it was the last one left.
He then read the reviews on the washing machine. The lifetime of that was a bit longer than the dryer but he and I talked about it and decided to go for the matching washer to our LG dryer. It, too, was on sale but....I got hold of Sheepie this time. So the Beast ran over to her apartment and picked her up. He ended up not only getting the sale price on it but an extra 10% since it was the last day of the sale PLUS Sheepie's 10% discount as an employee. Both will be delivered on Monday so the Beast is going to disconnect them tomorrow evening. He's also going to check at his church to see if someone needs the washer. If they do, we will keep it. If not, we will let the men that deliver the new appliances just cart them away. When we bought our stove, one of the men we discovered, kept it and sold it on Ebay for a quick $100. Ditto a fridge we replaced. At least HE had to clean that one....LOL! I told him we should do that for the washer but he didn't want to have to keep it in the garage while we waited for someone to buy it. Oh well!
But what ticks me off is the timing of all this. Not that having to replace an appliance of any kind is ever *timely*, so-to-speak. But it would be nice to be able to have some extra income for a change. It seems like every month there is some insurance due or taxes...something! At least this washer is also reputed to be able to hold a king size comforter, too. Not that we have a king size one but it means our queen sized ones will easily wash without making the washer dance around. We did find one piece of advice in the reviews....it was to make sure the washer was level or we would have the machine shutting off if it got out of balance. If it's level, it doesn't do that. Nice to know.
That's the big news of the day. No storms today, thank goodness and it only hit 86 today for our high. 50% chance of thunderstorms tomorrow so we will probably get at least one. Hope it's over quickly.
Love you all. Have a great Sunday. ***Hugs***
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