Broken Cycle

A busy old day really in the grand scale of things. I've been up to more de-cluttering, this time the shed got my attention.

We've got heaps of stuff in there that we haven't bothered looking at let alone needed, it's generally become a dumping ground graveyard for things we can't find room for in the house, and with my plans afoot to make the shed into a mini workshop then really I need to get in there and sort out what is what, and what we may need and those things that we will never need.

It's a fairly big job for sure, not aided by the fact it's got lots of creepy crawlies in there, which try as I might I can't quite get over my insane phobia of things with 8 legs that move quickly. Never mind, I get stuck in and an hour or so later I've got a nice pile of crap on the lawn that needs to go to the dump. I can't take the stuff now however since it's Tuesday, which means that Phil has my car to remove it from harms way when the bin men come around (well, they did manage to knock down our garage wall at some point, and since my car is usually parked in front of the garage it's pretty safe to assume the further away the car can be from said previous accident location the better).

So, that was the physical exercise for today, and the only disaster I had was that the washing machine decided to pack up - it wouldn't drain the water it just got stuck at one particular point in the cycle and accompanying the lack of movement was the most awful grinding noise. But, after a quick call to Phil I hold off on doing anything till he comes home so he can take a look at it. Well - the washer was only cheap when we got it and for the cost of the darn thing in comparison to how much it would cost to get a plumber to look at it, it's more viable to see if Phil can fix it, or ultimately screw it up completely, in which case we'll just get a new one.

With the evening looming and Phil home we first set about seeing if we can sort out the washer, and after dragging it out of the hole and poking and prodding it a bit we manage to get it running again. I've no doubt it's not a permanent fix, but for the mean time it means I can get the clothes out of the washer. It looks like it will manage a few more cycles before it dies completely, but that grinding noise is still there so I'm not holding my breath to estimate on its foreseeable lifespan.

After the washer is back in place we then put all the stuff I'd isolated for the dump into the back of my car. We've had lots and lots of rain here for the past week and I'd really rather get the crap in the car dry than putting it in when it's all soaking wet.

No guesses to where I'll be going tomorrow then...

Posted by Abi on the May 23, 2006 9:55 PM