26 December 2009

. . . grinched by a maytag . . .

. . . the date? 23 december 2009 . . .
. . . the time? 11:40 p.m. . . .
. . . the scene? me wrapping gifts in the family room . . .
 . . . the smell? burning plastic . . .
. . . the action? try to locate melting tupperware in the dishwasher . . . 
. . . the finding? nothing . . .
. . . the diagnosis? electrical wires fried . . . 
. . . the thought? oh, <never mind>! . . .


. . . many dishes hand-washed on christmas eve and christmas day . . .


{fast forward to 26 december 2009}
. . . the destination? lowe's appliance department. . .
. . . the mission? obvious . . .
. . . meanwhile, back at the ranch ~ tyler began bailing . . .



. . . chris arrived . . .
. . . dismantling commenced . . .



. . . followed by removal . . .



. . . meet chris ~ one man show . . .
although multiple people were available/willing to help
{he looks a little punch drunk. stuff is heavy!}



. . . there was drilling . . .
. . . and twisting . . .
. . . and clamping . . .



. . . but we got stumped when it came to wiring . . .
. . . which necessitated yet another trip to lowe's . . .



. . . followed shortly by success . . .



. . . r.i.p. little maytag . . .
. . . you served us well for lo! these many years . . .



. . . but you've been replaced by a bosch . . .

. . . rumor has it ~ you get a fresh loaf of bread 
with every clean load of dishes . . .


9 comments:

Shellene said...

yeah for handy sons-in-law...
yeah for modern conveniences ...
boo for bad timing!!!

Janet said...

Santa brought me a new Whirlpool dishwasher for Christmas (thank you Spencer's). Years ago I might have been offended by such a practical gift. No more--guess I have officially become old and boring! :-)

Janet said...

By the way, what the heck is Eco wash?

manders said...

brent's offended that he wasn't asked to help out...

Lori Taylor said...

Sorry about the bad timing of the dishwasher going out, you'll LOVE your new dishwasher. Hope you had a great Christmas. I'm sure you did with "the call".

Sassy said...

Seriously when I hear the word Bosch....you automatically think of bread......who knew they made dishwashers......COOOOOOOOL! Sad about the timing....of course it NEVER is a good time to wash dishes by hand....heaven forbid....and I too love son in laws who are handy.....

chris+amber said...

chris feels very manly when he gets to do stuff like that. he comes in pretty handy. i love it!

chris+amber said...

tyler too, of course! and i know who to call when i have technology problems, brent!

manders said...

brent loves technology. he is manly too (in his own special way).