Scrub board, earaches & Christmas lights

From the title of my post you just my suspect that I had a wee bit of an unusual day and I kinda did.

My washing machine wasn't working properly so, last Monday (a week ago) I had a repairman come out to check it over. The diagnosis? It needed a new timer. So he ordered it and told me I could continue using the same cycles and he would order the new part. Good! I had five loads of laundry left to do so I began as soon as he left.

I will bullet most of this so it won't be so wordy. After repairman left:

• Washer completely quit on load #1
  
• Now I have 1 load of wet soapy clothes
• 4 loads of dirty clothes
• Call daughter-in-law for "HELP!"
• Laundry all finished

One week has now passed. Waiting to hear from repairman. This morning I had a some things to wash so I got out my little lingerie scrub board and began washing a few things in the sink. The weather was so beautiful - a perfect day to hang a clothes outside (I have a retractable clothesline on the patio - just love it). (I don't love Laundromats.)

9:30 a.m. My daughter-in-law called:

• Baby has a well-baby check at 11:00 a.m.
• 4 year old up until 3:30 a.m. with earache
• DIL needs my "HELP" with the doctor visit
• Baby "perfect" - of course he is!
• 4 year old had 2 infected ears! No wonder she couldn't sleep
  
• Picked up her prescription
• Headed home
  

• Repair calls and says he will be here to fix washer this afternoon - Hallelujah!
  

• Hubs began putting up Christmas lights - perfect weather for it
  
• Helped him check for bad bulbs

• Repairman an hour late
• Washer fix - Yahoo!
• It costed a few dollars less that he had estimated!
  
• Put a load in to wash - it works!

• Made hot chocolate mix
• Made potato soup for dinner

This day was not exactly how I had planned it but I am so thankful that there were only simple, minor interruptions. No tragedies or heartaches -- just earaches. God is SO GOOD!

Have a nice evening with your families!