Clothes Eater
It is a common joke to hear about how the dryer ate your sock, or even sweater. But you never hear about the washer... Ladies and gentlemen, start checking your washers. I finally got around to doing laundry today. It is the first time I'm doing laundry here by myself. Everything is going fine, until I start pulling clothes out of the washer, and at the bottom there is half a pant leg sticking out from under the agitator. I pulled, and I tugged, and it wasn't budging. My first thought - OMG, the washer ate my pants!!! I didn't know what to do. I called mom, and she had no clue. So I called grandma, and she had never had this happen either - but she did tell me that the whole thing screws off. My pants were saved, not even damaged - and they are satin. Definitely makes for an interesting story though.
Oh - and for those of you who have kids, make sure you teach them to look before they cross the street. I came within inches of hitting a little boy. He couldn't have been more than 5, and probably younger with the way we're growing them these days. He's lucky I anticipated his moves, and that I saw him running across the yard toward the street. If I hadn't been so aware - splat. Seriously injured kid, and only because I was well under the speed limit. He stopped in the middle of the street and looked at me, kind of freaked out, almost as if he saw his short life flash before his eyes. And he finished running across the street and into the yard, not a parent or adult in sight.
Oh - and for those of you who have kids, make sure you teach them to look before they cross the street. I came within inches of hitting a little boy. He couldn't have been more than 5, and probably younger with the way we're growing them these days. He's lucky I anticipated his moves, and that I saw him running across the yard toward the street. If I hadn't been so aware - splat. Seriously injured kid, and only because I was well under the speed limit. He stopped in the middle of the street and looked at me, kind of freaked out, almost as if he saw his short life flash before his eyes. And he finished running across the street and into the yard, not a parent or adult in sight.