Laundry Fairy Has Returned as Gremlin!

I once wrote about a laundry fairy that was to help me out during the holidays in my post Yes Virginia, There is a Laundry Fairy...NOT!

Yeah, well, they came back from vacation alright and they came back as a Gremlin!

I have been (very) under the weather this past week and have not done much more than sit under a blanket, have coughing fits every hour and drink tea. Wednesday, I had noticed that the laundry was really starting to pile up so I trudged down to start the process of making our clothes spring flower fresh.

The washing machine accepted the load of darks and began it's cycle of wishy-washy. One cough-induced fit later, I was back to the machine to move the now wet clothes into the dryer. I closed the door and pushed the start button. "Bzzzzz". Hmm. That doesn't sound good. I pushed again. "BZZZZ" "BZZZZ" . Was that a snicker I just heard? You have to be kidding me. I swear, every time my husband is out of town, something in this house stops functioning.

Tee-hee-hee.  I could picture the little heathen messing with the innards of this machine and laughing everytime I pressed the button.

I sent a text to my husband and informed him of the new addition to his "honey-do" list. He wrote back after consulting with the guys in the meeting stating "Sounds like a belt. Easy fix. Hope you feel better."

Tee-hee-hee. Keep laughing. I don't care now. I'm going back under my blanket.

Want to make a teenage daughter flip out? Tell her the dryer is broken.

Teenager: "Well, how am I going to get clean clothes then?"
Mom :      "Dad will look at it when he gets home."
Teenager:  "That's, like, in two days!"
Mom:        "Yes, I know."
Teenager:  "Can't you just get a new one, like, tomorrow?"
Mom:       " No. I'm sure your floor will be able to produce an outfit or two."
Teenager:  "Ugh...maaaaaaahhhhhhmmmmmm!"
Mom:       "You can still wash your clothes-you will just have to hang them to dry."
Teenager: "Ugh...maaahhhhhmmmm!"

Tee-hee-hee. You are wearing out your welcome now.

My husband came home a day early due to weather screwing up all the flights making him miss the second leg of his trip and scheduled meeting. I was snug under my blanket when he arrived and after making me a cup of tea (yes, he is THE best) he went down to fix the machine.

There was a lot of Tee-hee-hee-ing, a lot of snass-a frass-ing, a lot of frick-a frack-ing and not-sure-what-that-noise-was-ing. Two hours later, my husband emerged, scratched and full of lint. He sat at the computer and mumbling under his breath turned it on. "Well?" I asked. "Well, we are now in the market for a new dryer." he answered. "I don't get it. The motor is fine and the belt is fine. It starts to work and then then it just stops."

Now I know what my weekend will consist of.

Getting rid of this Gremlin!