Wow, I made a whole nine dollars at the consignment shop.  It seems that a few of the scarves I left there sold.  That’s great because right now every penny counts.  I looked at washers today.  Holey moley, there are too many choices out there and none of them is cheap.  I seriously thought about a front loader until I began to think of how many times I’d have to bend on a laundry day moving clothes from the washer to the dryer.  My back might not love me after that.  I’m going for a top loader.

       I even went over to get a good look at G’s new washer.  Hers is a top loader like one of the two I’ve narrowed my choices down to after shopping.  She loves it.  She ran hers to show me how quiet it is and how the machine sits like a rock on the spin cycle.  My water pipes will be happier.  The old washer used to rattle them something awful on the spin cycle.

     Tomorrow I will buy the one that I think suits us the best.  It’s almost identical to G’s but has a slightly larger capacity tub.

     Today we made a little foray into the MIL’s basement.  I wanted to measure the new stainless kitchen sink we found in a box down there and G remembered seeing two wood picture frames that she wanted for her counted cross-stitch.  We really must remember not to open anything unless we’re prepared for a fright.

     G decided to open a box and found tons of plastic containers from every food known to man.  We know we’ll be setting out two recycling bins a week of plastic again once we begin to clear out down there in earnest.  I happened to look in a paper bag and found a large pile of gorgeous antique linens of every sort.  We will have to wash and iron all of them now.  You might know we already got rid of the ironing board along with the iron.  At least the MIL’s washer works. And that’s more than I can say for mine.

     Off again today to do more work on the MIL’s house.  We hope to clear another bedroom.  Sunday we took down all the curtains except for one window in the living room and about died from the dust.  With the curtains gone, the rooms are much brighter.  There are blinds to keep nosy neighbors from peering in to see what we’re doing.  Unfortunately, we couldn’t take down the curtains in the living room because there are no blinds behind them.

     I put ribs in the crock-pot so when I get home we should have a tasty meal ready and waiting.  All I’ll need to do is whip up some side dishes.

     DH had his MRIs yesterday and we’ll hear about the results when the neurologist let’s us know.  After spending that much time at the hospital, he was shot for the rest of the day.  Gavin and Patty seemed to sense this and behaved themselves…for a change.

     I’d stayed up to make certain he got off okay for his early morning appointment, and to take care of the dogs’ morning routine.  Didn’t get to sleep until after nine a.m. and slept until almost three in the afternoon.