Dishwasher Woes

The other day, Eddie asked me if I had spilled water on the floor. Since the answer was no, he spent the morning investigating the cause, and it turned out to be a dishwasher leak. With damaged flooring. Ugh. We looked for the part, but couldn't find it locally (no stores carry brand specific parts, go figure).

Thankfully, with the kids gone, our dish use hasn't been too extensive, so we were able to wait until the part came to get the dishes washed instead of handwashing.

Last night, the part finally arrived, and Eddie fixed up the dishwasher. One of his projects today is to go and get a hose necessary to finish the repair. Another is to crawl under the house to see how extensive the flooring damage is.

As he said, it seems that all our funds go to repairing existing items and never to upgrade the house.

Also, a note of irony, when we moved from the 50 year old house to the brand new house, he was so excited as he hates plumbing repairs. Wouldn't you know, the first two repairs he's had to perform have been plumbing related?

So, I guess we look at deciding what to do with the flooring. Maybe it's time to install wood laminate.

Visits with Friends.

We’ve been blessed in the past several days to have some lovely interludes with good friends.

Saturday, Eddie and I went to see a Midsummer Night’s Dream (put on by Greenstage Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park) with Mousethief and his lovely wife. We greatly enjoyed the play and the acting, and our lovely picnic with Farmer’s Market cheeses, fresh fruit and crackers.

Sunday, I went to the Mission here in town and met up with Christina , Paul and their two adorable boys. After church we had a wonderful lunch together – it was just delightful and time just flew. Sadly, we forgot the jam that Susan sent for me – which I am very disappointed about, I was so looking forward to it!

Monday night, I drove up to Poulsbo (the back way – much less traffic, I’m converted) and stayed the night with Dawn. It was lovely to visit with her, we watched some great TV, talked books, life, Orthodoxy and good friends, and was greatly enjoyed. Yesterday, we went to St. Elizabeth’s Feast Day Liturgy – I got to meet several lovely parish members and had a great coffee hour afterwards (looking at Dawn’s photos, it reminds me that I need to start Pilates again, my posture is terrible). St. Elizabeth’s patronage was palpable, and I am honored to have been there. Afterwards, we wandered downtown Poulsbo, shopped in bookstores (I love the fact that Dawn is a reader too!), ate at a bakery, and bought matching great dresses. Time flew too quickly, and my trip home was uneventful. It was good to see Eddie last night, though, I’d missed him.

I have a couple of requests – my dear bogging friend, Meg, needs some prayers for healing. As does a good friend, Sophia, who just had surgery yesterday and my aunt who had surgery today, and my poor Xavier has a nasty flu, he sounded so sad on the phone today