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Domesticity

I declined on the power walk this evening. My wood stove was really hot, and was so hot in fact that the thermometer popped off the chimney pipe. I had thrown a whack of dryer lint and a few socks in, they were cotton, so it helped get the fire going. Plus it cut down on my orphan sock hamper. Where do all the matching socks end up? I swear there is a vortex in my house that sucks the metatarsal sheaths into oblivion.

Actually, it was good that I didn't go, because, when I went out to grab some more logs for the fire, the mist that had been in the air had frozen and left a icy residue on everything outside. Not a good sign for driving. Immediately, I left a voice mail for my husband to alert him to what could be a bad drive home.

Now, we bought a new gas dryer a couple of weeks ago. It is the Maytag Neptune, and as far as dryers go, I am very happy with it. Now, the washing machine (Fridgidaire Front Loader) has decided to leak water all over the place. I am sure it is a pump or a seal, but fixing them can be almost as much as buying a new one, so Addled has been comparing prices at scratch and dent stores. I really do not care if there is a booboo on the machine, as long as it works for my minimum three loads per day, I am happy as a clam.

2 comments:

Jeff said...

Hello, which model of the maytag neptune do you own? If you have the 2000 stacker, MAH3000, MAH4000 or the MAH5500A front loader series then you need to change out your door latch wax motor before it damages your machine control board. There are two parts on the machine control board that get damaged from the wax motor drawing too much current, namely, Q6 and R11. If you replace the 12002535 wax motor part before it fails you will prevent the Q6 and R11 burn out. See www.neptunewaxmotor.com for details.

Stink Eye & Tube Steak said...

Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the tips, although the washing machine which is having problems is the Fridgidaire front loader. It's a few years old. I should have explained it in my post better.

Although, I love the Neptune dryer, it is awesome. :)