My New Washing Machine

I love my new washing machine!

I should tell you that about two weeks ago my old washing machine gave up the ghost. On a very in-convenient day. Well, I went shopping and picked out a new one. Then they delivered it and I washed the first load. It was OK. So I washed a second load and a shirt came out stained. I washed a third load and a the grass stains did not come out of Jacob's pants. (Before, they have always come out). So now I am a bit petrubed at this new machine. Doesn't seem to be working quite right. Then the next load, I put in a pair of pants that had some muddy sand from the sandbox on them. When they came out, they still had muddy sand on them. So I called the store and they returned the machine and I got to pick out another machine.

This one came and I LOVE it. It washes beautifully. Even the clothes the the other machine stained came clean! Yah! I love my new washing machine and am so thankful for it. You kind of take for grated the things that make life a little easier, like washing machines, dish washers and microwaves until yours doesn't work anymore.

I am so glad I finally got a washing machine that works really good.

Anniversary Weekend

This weekend was John and I's 11th anniversary. John took me downtown and we stayed at the Little America Hotel. I LOVE that hotel. It is great. I especially love the breakfast buffet. We had fun galavanting around downtown Salt Lake. It was a great break from the kids and life, and it was wonderful. John's parents came and stayed with our kids. They had a great time.

So being our anniversary weekend, I thought I would share how I met John.

We were in a University of Utah Singles Ward and I was the ward organist. John and his cousin had just moved into our ward, and he saw me walking (or rather he says "bouncing" up to play the organ. Then my friend Christin saw his cousin and thought he was so cute. So she talked me into making lemon bars (I don't know why she didn't bake them) and take them over to welcome them into the ward. Well the lemon bars didn't turn out they were very runny. But Christine was very persistent that we were going to take these lemon bars over the the Atkinson cousins. So off we went with very runny lemon bars. They ate every last one of them. They were not picky. Well, it seemed as if Christine really liked John's cousin and she kept dragging me with her every time she went over there. She kept setting things up for us all to go and do and John and I became very good friends. I remember telling one of my friends that I could tell John anything and he was a great listener. We used to talk on the phone for hours.

Then one crazy day John decided to ask me out on a real date!! I said yes and then I went home and called my mom and cried for an hour because I knew that I would marry him.

Well, the rest is history. We dated for 1 month(but had been friends for about 3 months) and got married in 4 months.

I love my husband and am so thankful that he chose me.

Washing Machines . . .

What a crappy day this day has been. I woke up feeling like I didn't want to get out of bed and I should have stayed in bed. I got the laundry ready to go in the washer and then on the first load, it stopped working. It wouldn't spin the water out of the clothes. (it has been making strange noises now for a few weeks so we knew it was going to break shortly). So I call John and asked if I could call the fix it man, but he said it would be cheaper to buy a new washer so off I went to the store to buy a new washer. Got there and they had nothing in stock, so I have to wait until Monday for a new washer.

One nice thing though, John was working nearby so he came home for lunch and limped another load through the washer.

But at least the day is almost over and I can try for a new day tomorrow.