40 Things I'm Thankful For

Day 10

The Washing Machine(s)

We have two washing machines at our house.  The old one and the new one.  The old one doesn't wash the clothes too well but the spinner to dry still works.  Unfortunately, you cannot touch the clothes in the washer or the spinner of the old machine or you will be shocked.  The new one we got last spring washes well but takes about half an hour for the water to drain between each cycle and the spinner doesn't work anymore.  So this is how the process goes to do laundry.  

1. use the hose to fill the new washer and wash clothes

2. drain water (off the balcony and into the yard)

3. use hose to refill and rinse the clothes

4. drain water and refill again with hose (usually take two rinse cycles to get the clothes clean)

5. move clothes to the old machine's spinner 

6. plug in the old machine (only after you have the clothes in it to avoid being shocked)

7. hang clothes to dry

You're probably wondering why in the world I'm thankful for my washing machines, especially since it takes hours to do laundry here... the reason I'm thankful is because I HAVE a washing machine.  I'm thankful I'm not washing my clothes on rocks in the riverbed like so many other people here!  I'm thankful it takes me hours to do laundry, not days!  

sorry no picture, I'll try to post one of the washer on Monday for ya!