Another Fall and Other Tidbits

 Hot Mess Express here to tell you another tale (or two).  I had opened the dishwasher, while standing at the sink to load it, and to set it to wash, when 2 seconds after opening it my mind took a quick turn.  I saw the drain the sink needing to be cleaned, so I had picked it up out of the sink, and turned to walk to the trash.

When the dishwasher door is open and the tray is not pulled out, it is all gray, which is the same color of our flooring.

You probably know where this is going, right?

I hit the open dishwasher door with both legs, flew over the door, landed on the other side on my right knee.  Yes, I have bruises, and no the dishwasher didn't break, but the door needs some TLC (my husband will look at it).  He laughed, and asked if I had it all on video.  It's funny now, but not when I look at my bruises.  Thank goodness for Arnica cream.

What did I learn from this?  Turn on more lights when it's dark and dreary outside, and maybe put a light on the countertop for extra winter lighting.

The other "bonk" was when I was leaning over to sweep behind the dryer (last weekend), and when I stood up, I forgot there was a cupboard on the wall.  Smack!  Yep.  Smacked my head into the bottom of the cupboard.  

Got my dental cleaning off the calendar, and there was not one person in the waiting room.  

I have drained the yarrow infused oil, and just need a day to make the salve.  I at least have the amber jars washed and drying.

I got the chicken coop mucked, and added extra straw.  The weather forecast is not that appealing this coming weekend.  The weather for us, is said to dip into the low 20's at night.

I forgot to share this tidbit about the rechargeable light bulbs.  They come with the charge cord and an attachment to screw onto the bulb, to hang the bulb too.  You can use them camping, or in an emergency (power outage).  We have a small generator that will charge them.

As for the search for the solar chargeable light bulbs, the link to the one shared by another blog poster, is out of stock (and has been out of stock (says "currently unavailable") since October).  I'm still looking for them.

A "ta-da" moment.  First book to borrow from the library since May, and finish reading it before it was due!  I have read many James Patterson books, and this one was definitely different.  I have the next book already lined up, but it's one of my own.  I love that our library gives out free bookmarks.

Another home "project is underway, so I have not had time to write a post regarding the bread baked in the cast iron skillet (featured blog post).  Hopefully soon.

Another Fall and Other Tidbits  © November 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

Progress? Bad Delivery Service and Other Tales from the Homestead

 

I thought this was funny, because, with my husband's full-time job, and the very (way too early) winter darkness that sets in, we have felt like nothing is progressing.  Or should I say progressing fast enough for the both of us?

My new washer and dryer has been delivered.  We were not at all happy with the delivery service they use.  First, the salesman at the store told us a completely different story.  The delivery service called 30 minutes before arrival (they never showed up until after 6pm), and told me we had to "disconnect everything" before they arrived.  Not what we were told.

  Second, these were to go on our pedastal drawers.  One guy refused, saying it was against "their policy" and again the salesman said they would place them on them for us.  Third, their truck had no ramp, so we literally watched one guy lift the dryer out off the end of the truck and put it in the driveway hastily.

Oh, and they had their grade school kid with them, who was in the way, wandered around the house (had to keep an eye on him myself), and one guy literally asked me to hold the trolly cart while my husband and one guy unloaded the washer (the other guy was still in the back of the truck).

Oh, and get this.  One guy was bringing the dryer in, and it would not fit thru the doorway.  He insisted the door needed off the hinges (I will need to repaint thanks to him).  Anyway, my husband watched them load the washer on the cart, and yelled out the door to put the washer on the other way (with door up and not to the side), which turned it, so the thinner side of it would fit thru the door.  One way it's thicker, the other thinner.  The guy who took the door off the hinge said to us, "my bad" and both of us rolled our eyes.  We both wondered if it was their first time unloading applicances?  Good grief!

The next morning we had to hook everything up ourselves, and had to even the legs on the dryer.  By the way, our old ones were 16 years old (lucky for that considering it lasted with all the kids using them too), and they were to take them with them, according to our salesman.  They were literally trying to talk us into putting them by the side of the road, instead of hauling the old ones away.  In the end, they took them.

It was a good time to clean the dryer vent, as we had to install a brand new one to the dryer.  Another cleaning job done.  We actually bought our own kit, to do this job ourselves.  It comes with a 10 foot brush and a smaller one for the actual dryer lint trap too.

 Finally, we had one the kids and her boyfriend come to the house, and help remove the AC units, and put them in storage.  Yay for a bit of progress.

I found a home for our old Christmas tree and lights, and donated 3 full boxes of "stuff" to a thrift store.

At the last minute before heading out with the boxes of donations, I found all of these outside Christmas light clips to get rid of too.  I have now reduced the number of totes by two.

  Sometimes when you are sorting or cleaning/organizing and purging, your house looks more of a mess before it looks tidy and chaos free.

Progress?  Bad Delivery Service and Other Tales from the Hoomestead  © November 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart