Making the Best of it...

The other day I was ironing clothes for my husband and I kept finding spots. I thought I had just missed something. But upon further investigation, it was discovered that our washer was...dying. It not longer agitated, instead it would just "stir" the clothes around in the soapy water. It may have gotten smells out, but not spots, stains or anything else.

When I told my husband this his reply was, "Would you like me to go out back and find you a couple of rocks to beat the clothes with?" I smiled and said "No, an old fashion washboard will do."

The next Sunday we were in the car {which he doesn't drive that often} on the way to church and he says, "Wow, the car's really running rough." I just smiled. The check engine lights been on for over a year. It squeaks and sometimes makes a strange clanging noise. But my guy knows his cars and informs me that it's not really a big deal till it starts backfiring.

On the one hand that is comforting to know. On the other hand I can see myself sitting in car line when I happens and all the parents around me ducking for cover.

This is our life. We've lived in this little house for almost 10 years and it's about time for things to start breaking. The dishwasher died a few months back. The washer...and the dryer sounds like it's full of tennis balls...all the time. Our furnace broke early last spring and we heated our sweet love nest with portable heaters. 3 to be exact and it worked great! The shower in the master bath drips like a fountain and the fix to that involves a whole new shower. He just fixed the toilet in the other bath, which also has issues and the freezer make a loud popping noise every once in a while.

This is what we do. We make do until he can fix it or we have the money out right to get it fixed. It's the TeamBabetz way. And we laugh about it. Well, I wasn't really laughing about the washer. It's irritating not to be able to find clothes that are clean. But other than that...we laugh. My husband was saying just the other day, "Ya know, I didn't want to grow up and be like my family was." I can hear my MIL laughing as I type this because she knows he meant it in a loving way. It may not have seemed like fun at the time, having no heat and getting dressed in the kitchen by the warmth of the stove. Or cramming kids and groceries in the back of a hatchback, but if nothing else, it taught my guy that you can deal with anything... for a while. And that "making due" has gotten a bad rap over the years. It's really not so bad.

So the car is getting fixed in a couple of weeks. And I'll be dusting off the heaters in a month or two. We'll get a new dishwasher...someday. But until then I have two good hands and a couple of good helpers to choose from. Then there's that nagging shower. It will get fixed and we may get a new shower in the process. Not so bad. The Lord knows where we are and ALWAYS provides for us!

As for the washer...
The new one arrived today.

Isn't it pretty. And look...NO AGITATOR!!!

And it's so quiet...shshsh do you hear it??? I know! I told you it was quiet. Saves water and I can do bigger loads too. I may just fall in love with the laundry again.

THANKS HONEY!!!