Sunday

[susandennis]

Today will be the closet sorting.  It got bumped off yesterday's schedule due to the fact that I got lazy.  Today is hair dying.  And clothes laundrying and sheet changing.  I also need to return a couple of library books but that really means taking the car out and there's a Seahawks game here today.  So I think if I do decide to do that, I'll just plan it for about a hour after kick off.  Should be easy to get the car out, make a quick run and get the car back.  I should walk but it's just a hair too uphill for that and I am lazy.

I cannot believe I am even thinking about this.  The ad pullouts in the morning paper seemed to be all about kitchen appliances this morning.  And I caught myself looking.  My appliances area all 13 years old.  The dishwasher doesn't do a great job and would wake the dead.  The oven doesn't really work right but I don't use it anyway except for storage.  The refrigerator is ok but I could do better.  The washer/dryer will probably go any day now.  I could replace them all including the microwave with good full featured ones for about $3,000, I think.  But, while I'm fucking around with them, I think I'd like to get a storage expert in here to make sure my kitchen real estate is maximized and as handy as possible given the space. 

But, I am not going to do anything about it until I get some cash stockpiled.  I hope everything just hangs on long enough for me to do it right.  I'm thinking possibly next Spring.  Maybe. 

But, right this minute, it is chore time. 

Comments

[katbyte.livejournal.com]

Two years ago (last house) we got one of those low noise dishwashers. Kind of a middle priced one. It was wonderful. When I got the appliances for this house, we got the same and I love it.

I understand they have clothes washers that are low noise too, but pricey and I can just close the door, so not worth the extra money.

[susandennis]

Actually, I need the clothes washer/dryer to be a little MORE noisy than they are because they are at the far end of the house and I can't hear when they are done!

[bemocked.livejournal.com]

I had to buy a full suite of new kitchen appliances at once in 2001, after a bit of poking around I ended up shopping at Sears (their tagged prices were mostly much better than the likes of Best Buy or Home Depot/Lowes, and many of the Kenmore appliances that can only be acquired from Sears directly tended to be highest rated in Consumer Reviews I researched at the time). The best part of the experience was finding their salespeople are empowered to wheel-and-deal like I had never seen before, knocking a few hundred off of each successive appliance.

I have a front-load ("he"=high efficiency) clothes washing machine, and I adore it. I doubt that I save enough on water/energy to make up for the steep purchase cost, but it cleans clothes so effectively, is quite gentle on the fabric besides, and it is uber-quiet.

[susandennis]

I love the flying money userpic! And thanks for the info about Sears. It was actually a Sears flyer that forced me to pull out the pad and pen and tally up the nums. Interesting...