{"id":3121,"date":"2012-01-17T23:05:31","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T15:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/?p=3121"},"modified":"2015-10-07T11:25:47","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T15:25:47","slug":"never-kick-your-washing-machine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theornamentgirl.com\/blog\/behind-the-scenes\/never-kick-your-washing-machine\/","title":{"rendered":"never kick your washing machine."},"content":{"rendered":"

It looks like I will be taking a few days off from ornament making, due to a washing machine mishap. Due to a sprained wrist, due to a washing machine mishap.<\/p>\n

Last week, my dinosaur of a washing machine stopped working. I was pretty positive that it was a goner, until I looked it up on google, and found that the entire problem could be something as simple as the lid switch. That is this little part that gets triggered when you close the lid, making the machine drain or spin or eat your socks or whatever it does in there when the lid is closed.<\/p>\n

I found the replacement part very cheap on ebay, and I even found a youtube video explaining how to replace it. I am not handy at all, but yesterday, with part in hand, and with no clean clothes left in the house, I desperately decided to attempt this repair on my own, rather than wait for help like any smart girl would have done. Besides, it was just this little tiny part, that had nothing to do with electricity, water, or heights, so really, how difficult could it be?<\/p>\n

Well, replacing the part was easy. It was getting the stupid washing machine cover off that was nearly impossible. The man in the youtube video easily lifted the entire big white cabinet right off of the washing machine, as if it were made of feathers. In fact, in that happy 3 minute video, cute little woodland creatures, chirping and singing \u201cWhistle while you work,\u201d\u00a0came and carried it off for him. I, on the other hand, could not get the thing to even budge. I shook it, shimmied it, yelled at it, and then, I kicked it. Really hard too, since I was wearing boots and they made me feel tough. I yelled a few expletives and there were lots of loud metal banging sounds that had my kids running to their rooms to hide.<\/p>\n

But\u2026I did<\/em> it. Isn't she just lovely?<\/p>\n

\"washing<\/p>\n

Yep, and I replaced the little switch in about 5 minutes, like a superhero. I had almost as difficult of a time getting the cabinet back on the washing machine, but I mostly got it. (Okay, I will admit that it still isn\u2019t on perfectly right, but seriously I DON\u2019T CARE. It\u2019s just a STUPID COVER ANYWAY.)<\/p>\n

I yelled for my kids to come quick and LOOK! We haven\u2019t had a working washing machine for a week, and I just fixed it because I\u2019m the coolest mom EVER, and I\u2019m about to turn it on\u2026bring all your clothes, your bed sheets, the cats, anything, QUICK!!<\/p>\n

I turned it on, and\u2026I could hear<\/em> the water\u2026but I couldn\u2019t see<\/em> the water\u2026and then I felt<\/em> the water, soaking through my boots. Mocking me. The kids and cats ran back to their rooms.<\/p>\n

I cried a little, and then I tried to hold up the front of the washing machine and look under it to see where the water was coming from. That\u2019s when I smashed my hand and hurt my wrist. I cried a little bit more. Apparently I\u2019m not really<\/em> a superhero.<\/p>\n

So\u2026my stubbornness gave in, and I called my neighbor for help. He quickly figured out that I had just knocked this hose-looking thing loose\u2026maybe when I kicked it. So that\u2019s the moral of my story\u2026don\u2019t kick your washing machine. The washing machine will<\/em> have its revenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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