disregarding the mess that is our garage right now behind her, take a look at our sweet little madelyn's right knee. she tripped on the way to the car after church riping her tights and scraping her knee so that it bled through her white tights. but like the big girl she is, she brushed herself off and kept right on going. a quick tight change at the house and we were off to do some more appliance shopping. three hours and a lot of money later, we had a new washer and dryer installed today (yes, they delivered today - sunday - at no extra cost). we had looked at getting a "scratch-and-dent" dryer just to get us through a few more years, but we couldn't find one under $300. and it just made more sense, economically, to buy the pair since we didn't have a lot of years left on our washer either.i was so excited to get caught up on our laundry (a little over two weeks worth) and got right to it. i was very impressed by the wash cycle and pulled the clothes over to the dryer. only the dryer wouldn't turn on - at all. after flipping the breaker a few times, matt and i felt sick because we just dropped a lot of money that we would rather have not done and it is looking like there was actually nothing wrong with the dryer (and washer) that we let the appliance store hull away for us. it might actually be something the electrician did while working on our basement last week. of course we are calling the contractor first thing in the morning to get the electrician back out here (he is already slated to come by tomorrow anyway). i will give you an update tomorrow, but for now we are not that happy. although the washer is really great so far!
during our appliance shopping yesterday we returned some left over tile 
but could only get a store credit. off we went to try and find things that we actually needed and not anything we just never knew we 'needed'. i was pleased to find a solidly made wooden step stool. i have been looking for one for madelyn because standing on a chair isn't something i want to teach and she is getting heavy for me to hold up while she washes her hands or watches me cook. and for $6.99 i felt like it was a steal. madelyn is just tall enough to use it at the kitchen sink. she keeps climbing up to wash her hands, but i don't indulge her every time only when she actually needs to wash her hands. there was a little hesitation at this purchase because she will easily be able to move it around to reach anything she wants to; and she is already starting to realize that benefit of the stool. hopefully, this won't be a purchase i regret... love.
but could only get a store credit. off we went to try and find things that we actually needed and not anything we just never knew we 'needed'. i was pleased to find a solidly made wooden step stool. i have been looking for one for madelyn because standing on a chair isn't something i want to teach and she is getting heavy for me to hold up while she washes her hands or watches me cook. and for $6.99 i felt like it was a steal. madelyn is just tall enough to use it at the kitchen sink. she keeps climbing up to wash her hands, but i don't indulge her every time only when she actually needs to wash her hands. there was a little hesitation at this purchase because she will easily be able to move it around to reach anything she wants to; and she is already starting to realize that benefit of the stool. hopefully, this won't be a purchase i regret... love.
2 comments:
So funny- we just had the same 'debate' at IKEA about a stool for Lorelai to watch us cook and wash her hands in the kitchen. The stool lost the debate for the same reasons you've mentioned - too much power for Ms. L. I'm curious to see how it goes with Maddie. Sorry to hear your appliance purchase may have been for naught - how's the basement coming along?
The first of many bloddy knees for Ms Maddie, I'm sure. Hope it heals quickly. And that you get the dryer situation fixed.
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