Home Team - 1, Washing Machine - 0

There isn't a lot I hate more than paying someone way too much to do a simple job. Two or three times before I have been able to fix the washing machine, once with the help of an engineering friend who hot wired the washer until the part I ordered online arrived. It's amazing what you can do with a paper clip. Of course, we all avoided the big loop of wire attaching the paper clip to the washer. Funny, no one wanted to test the strength of the current running through there.

But I digress. So, today, when I went to throw the current cleanings into the dryer, I noticed the dirty water still in there. Ugghhh. Why did it have to be their hole digging clothes that were in there at the time? I played with the switches and of course, it was nothing simple like an out of balance load. I suspected a belt from the sounds and action, but it came from mostly ignorance of how machines work.

You gotta love the web. Within a few seconds, I had, at my fingertips, all sorts of great advice about how to repair my washing machine. One site said it good be a clogged drain pipe. Pulled it out of the wall and, NO, lol, it wasn't a clogged drain pipe as water started pouring out of it. Then, as I was fussing with some stuck sock underneath the washer, I noticed a belt on the floor. I called Mikey, who sees way better than me and whose fingers work way better, and within 5 seconds, the belt was back on, and I had a working washing machine! I would have been VERY unhappy to pay someone at least $60 to fix that. Woo hoo.

I think I'll run a load of wash. Maybe even two . Just be without a washing machine and have LOTS of kids running around and you will know how exciting running washes can be. And yes, I realize it is Friday night at 7:00 pm. I have no life, but I do love the life I don't have. Especially when I have just beaten a broken washing machine. Well, team work beat a broken washing machine. Thanks Mikey and Josh!