Slept all the way to 7:52 ÅM! For us that's sleeping in.

We have a guy coming in to help me do some flooring work in the laundry room. When we built this house, we wanted to be oh so ecological so we bought a low water usage Swedish washer that never got the clothes quite clean, low wattage envirofriendly matching Swedish dryer that never got the clothes quite dry (true bonus for preventing species loss in molds) both of which routinely burned out their motors (the washer burned out again two weeks ago). Each burn out led to a visit from the friendly appliance technician who charged $75 just to show his smiling face, plus labor plus parts. In one case, we needed him to clean out a trap that was hidden in the bottom of the dryer; these traps are reachable from the front and user friendly in the vast majority of dryers. On top of that, the laundry set was small, so we had to keep them going constantly. It took the washer 2 hours to do a load (1/2 a regular load) of whites.

 We also got a pair of New Zealand dish washer drawers that needed to be loaded just so and burned out anyway (luckily under warranty so we got the second generation which actually work and get the dishes mostly clean most of the time). I actually do sort of like these, they come in handy when we entertain once every six months. We load the top drawer and run it as we finish up the first courses, then have the stuff ready by the time dessert comes around, while we have actually cleaned up the last course and loaded those dishes in the bottom dish washing drawer.

ENOUGH!!! I banged out the shelf on which the Swedish perils were sitting, we went to Best Buy, bought a full sized washer and dryer, and now have to tile or linoleum over the area where the little shelf on which the two pieces of EuroTrash used to sit. I'm tired of being a victim. Best Buy has a recycling program for used appliances. I asked that ours be sent to the reef project at the mouth of Stockholm harbor. That way the cold water crustaceans will have somewhere to live, and if we dump enough of their crappy washers and dryers at the mouth of the harbor they won't be able to ship any more of them to us.

Gee, that Swedish washer sound like the one my brother-in-law had when he lived in Latvia.  The landlady bragged about what the great "Russian" washer in his apt.  and how it only took "two hours" to do a load of clothes.  I guess Sweds don't do much laundry.  I think they just air their clothes out in the typical European fashion.  (No offense meant to the Sweds as I am half Swedish.)

I had a compact ventless washer/dryer combo in my dumpy apartment when I lived in Connecticut.  It was convenient, just hook it up to the kitchen sink faucet.  It did take 5 or 6 hours to do a small load, (mostly the drying process, which used cold water) but it sure beat lugging my dirty crap down 3 flights of stairs and hoping that a washer was available.  I'd never buy another one but it did serve its purpose for the two years I lived there. 

WHAT?!  My drier died a year ago.  It wasn't even 3 years old.  I now detest ALL Kenmore appliances, LOL. 

I bought a Whirpool to replace it, but I didn't consider the fact that not all dryers come with an alarm you can turn off.  I just assumed it was a standart feature.  It isn't, and mine goes off 3 times with each cycle.  We bought the dryer, and the next day, I already had Jason outside stringing up a clothesline, LOL!!!  That buzzer drives me crazy!

I've got to get off here.  I've got laundry to do. 

  standarD.  Not standart.