One of the first things I did yesterday was to call a repairman. I did not expect anyone to come out on a Saturday, but was pleasantly surprised when one returned my call and said he worked 7 days a week. I suspected that the heating element was bad and retrieved the serial # of the dryer to order an element. The cheapest was $54.00 which I knew a repairman would double the price on plus his service call. But the repairman told me not to order the part until he looked at the dryer as it could be something else. He arrives about 2:00 and yes it was the heating element. He spent about an hour including vacuuming out the inside of the dryer. The bill was $127.70. I was thrilled. A new dryer (large capacity) would have been at least $600.00 with tax. I gave him a large loaf of fresh out of the oven banana bread wrapped in a towel. He was pleased and I was pleased.
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So I was able to start the three loads of laundry I needed to do. But alas Sissie's husband had a bad cold while I was there and Sissie was coming down with it as I left and of course I was hit with it full blown yesterday. So I am a drippy, coughing, watermelon headed grump today. I could not go to church as I am contagious plus I feel like well crap on a cracker.
But I tried to get through what I wanted to get done yesterday and my full head of gunk only allowed me to think with one of my two brain cells. So I made 4 loaves of banana bread using up the bananas from the freezer and as that was cooking I let my bread raise, well then I had no pans to put my bread in, (dumb). So I had one long bread pan left and I put the other three loaves in round pans, which worked out fine but the larger round pan overcooked and I have a loaf of very hard slightly burned bread which will have to go to the chickens. Of course I was trying to talk to Lil sis and then help the repair man during the cooking and that scattered the one brain cell. Just not a good day.
I continued to work on getting rid of things and have added 32 more items to the list.
I am going to watch TV.
Have a peaceful and restful Sabbath.
Kim
I have a sneeze/slight runny nose, & Nick definitely is getting sick. Because, of course. I was already sick at Christmas! I'll pass on this go round, please. :-)
ReplyDeleteI've done some chores, although I feel unproductive for whatever reason today. Mostly because I know I need to work out, & I've been putting it off. I ran to the store & will make egg roll in a bowl, as I think it's the only meal everyone can eat, as my husband has to follow a very restrictive diet right now due to food allergy testing.
Sorry you guys are sharing the crud. I just through together some beef barley soup.
DeleteI am so sorry that you don't feel well. It's that time of year for rotten colds. Get well soon!
ReplyDeleteThat repairman must have been delighted. I am so glad that you were able to repair it so cheaply.
So sorry about the burnt breas. I ahte it when I do that.
Too many things going on at once and a head cold do not mix.
DeleteI am still cleaning/decluttering and getting rid of anything that is not needed. Today I was in the scented candle cabinet. Someone please kick me my white dimply butt if I buy another candle until every single candle in my stash is gone. If even one was still unlit I would donate that sucker, but every one of them are about half used. Yep, all 27 of them.
ReplyDeleteI sort of have a candle fetish also. But I will try and use mine up also. White and dimply?
DeleteYep that means fat and somewhere the sun never shines
DeleteI use candles to make fire starters. Makes starting my woodstove so much easier!
DeleteTake your dryer lint and shove it into an empty toilet paper tube, wrap this with a scrap of cloth and dip the ends in candle wax, sure fire, fire starters. I used to make these all the time.
DeleteI use egg cartons, fill them with dryer lint and top with a melted wax. Works great!
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