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valis2So today we are hosting Thanksgiving at our place. Yeah, a little behind, but that's okay, because my sister had plans for yesterday.
My mom and dad are staying with us, and my mother has graciously agreed to cook today, thank goodness.
We still have some cleaning to do, and it's just a wee bit stressful because there will be a total of thirteen people here today. We've never hosted that many for dinner. I'm a little scared. Both uncles and aunts will be here, and three of the four have never seen the house before, so I want to make certain that it's clean and things are picked up. *crosses fingers* Also, Husband's grandmother will be staying the night, too. meep.
My washer and dryer have both decided to die at the same time. I mean, the washer was having a few issues in the past month or two, but the dryer was apparently jealous of all the attention and decided to start making an annoying noise out of the blue. My father checked out both and decreed: new appliance time.
So we got up at five this morning and went out to Lowe's, who was running a special deal on the Whirlpool Duet appliances, and I am a very happy (and broke) Valis indeed. The washer is a frontloader and promises to save lots of water. And they're both probably far more efficient than the pair we have now, which is at least fifteen years old, or maybe older.
This will be an interesting evening, flist. There's a special kind of terror I have for hosting social occasions, and it's heightened by family, and eee. Plus, with having the houseguests, it's not like we can collapse afterward.
My mom and dad are staying with us, and my mother has graciously agreed to cook today, thank goodness.
We still have some cleaning to do, and it's just a wee bit stressful because there will be a total of thirteen people here today. We've never hosted that many for dinner. I'm a little scared. Both uncles and aunts will be here, and three of the four have never seen the house before, so I want to make certain that it's clean and things are picked up. *crosses fingers* Also, Husband's grandmother will be staying the night, too. meep.
My washer and dryer have both decided to die at the same time. I mean, the washer was having a few issues in the past month or two, but the dryer was apparently jealous of all the attention and decided to start making an annoying noise out of the blue. My father checked out both and decreed: new appliance time.
So we got up at five this morning and went out to Lowe's, who was running a special deal on the Whirlpool Duet appliances, and I am a very happy (and broke) Valis indeed. The washer is a frontloader and promises to save lots of water. And they're both probably far more efficient than the pair we have now, which is at least fifteen years old, or maybe older.
This will be an interesting evening, flist. There's a special kind of terror I have for hosting social occasions, and it's heightened by family, and eee. Plus, with having the houseguests, it's not like we can collapse afterward.
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Date: 2009-11-27 02:48 pm (UTC)Well, except for the washer and dryer...
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Date: 2009-11-27 04:22 pm (UTC)And grah on appliances in general. The dishwasher will be next, I think. grah!!