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Saturday, January 26, 2008

iPod update and Kitten Stats

Now that things have settled out, I can mention that one of the delivery guys who brought our new washer and dryer a couple weeks ago decided that he'd help himself to my 3 generation 20GB iPod. They were unsupervised for a few minutes and that's all it took. Jon posted about it here on his blog.

In other, happier, news, Doofus had an appointment with the vet last night to get his second set of booster shots and his rabies vaccination. The vet cooed over him for a bit (he is a pretty kitteh) and gave him a quick physical. He checked out just fine. He's 4 months old now and weighs a whopping 6 lbs already: he's going to be another Goober sized cat once he's finished growing! I think my mom's cat Minnie was at most six pounds ... when soaking wet! Doofus isn't overweight or anything though; the vet pronounced him well proportioned - he's just going to be big!

Doofus goes back to the vet around mid March for neutering and micro-chipping.

Oh, almost forgot ... The washer and dryer both work like a dream! I've done a number of loads at different settings and they work like a charm. *yay* me!

Labels: cat, ipod, pet, vet

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Sunday, January 13, 2008

New Toys

We ordered this washer and dryer set from Sears last weekend. They arrived yesterday afternoon and I hooked them up today in the basement. The washer is on the right, the dryer on the left; the doors are backwards but we'll manage. The door for the dryer actually is reversible but I didn't feel like dismantling the thing; the washer door is not reversible.

We didn't get the pedestals for either appliance. Other than raising the washer and dryer about a foot off the ground and providing some storage space, the pedestals don't justify their cost. We might get them later on, but probably not.

I ran the washer through a wash cycle (without soap) to check for leaks, how it drains and any other problems. There were none and even though I know that front loaders don't use a lot of water, I was surprised to see just how little was in the drum!

The machine was very quiet and, once upstairs, you couldn't hear it at all. To the point I forgot it was running until it beeped to signal the cycle's end.

I have not tested the dryer yet as I still need to hook it up to the exterior exhaust. I'll get the tubing for that tomorrow.

A neat thing about the dryer: it came with a drying rack. Apparently this is so you can dry items flat or things that shouldn't tumble (like your sneakers). It also came with an adapter so, if I wanted to, I could stack the dryer on top of the washer. We're not that pressed for space so it's not necessary in this case.

All in all, this will make doing laundry a lot less of a hassle. I can deal with a laundromat if I have to but this is just sooo much nicer!

Labels: dryer, high efficiency, washer

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