The Washing Machine....

Okay, here's the next story....and guess what, it doesn't have to do with a cow, horse, farmer's market, preschooler or cat...this one is purely about my washing machine adventure....okay...really it was a nightmare!

I was blessed to have Pat around town this week and home...I just love having his presence in our home! I Love that he can unwind and enjoy our home...and that we get to spend a little extra time together!!!

Well, for some reason, when he's home, it always seems like there is more laundry to do??? I'm sure there's not, I'm just use to seeing it come out of his suitcase all at once, instead of here and there about the house! Well, being the good wife that I am, on Monday after we get home from moving the horses around, I decide I should throw a load of his "cow clothes" in...especially, since one pair of jeans had to stay out on the porch until it was washing time :D Pat always goes on & on about me checking his pockets...and I assure him, I will and that he should do it too as he takes them off....Well, I get the load in....it washes, and I take it out to put it in the dryer...noticing, there is something silver in the bottom of the washer...any guesses?!?!? I knew instantly what it was! And, a sudden, panic, fear, anxiety, "OH NOOOO" feeling engulfed me! In case you haven't guessed...it was his life...his cell phone...inside it is every work contact he needs, his daily calendar, his connection to his laptop, and soooo, soooo, much more. It is only about 20 steps from the laundry room to the living room...but, it felt much like a 20 mile walk, as I headed out to tell him....(I know you want all the juicy details about that conversation :D) But, I have to say it went relatively well...just the "Why don't you check my pockets" lecture...and a deal was made...I would check as I put them in the washer if he would check as he took them off his body! (Keep your fingers crossed that we both hold up our ends of the deal :D) So far so good, I just left my computer in the middle of this posting to take some clothes out of the washer to the dryer...and Praise God, NO silver objects!!!
Back to the story...so, Pat left his phone alone the rest of the day and the next day he went to the Tri-Cities to the Verizon store...Praise God he had insurance on the phone (I think with his luck that is a must :D) so, the next day they shipped him out a new phone...bad news is he hasn't been able to retrieve a lot of the data from his old phone...however, being the witty man he is...he emailed his dealers and told them about his phone adventure...and most of them called him the next day so he could just re-add their numbers to his new phone...I thought that was really great of them....& they all thought it was apparently funny & when they called him they would say something like... "so, I heard you have a clean phone now..."! I know it will all be funny about ten years from now to us too :D The worst part is he is still having a hard time making his phone compatible with his laptop....I'm hoping he can get that all straightened out this week.....(you know I'm really praying like crazy about it :D) So, there....that's the washing machine story....and our adventure for the week :D My sweet husband....somehow, I think he has an invisible sign on him that reads....I have the worst luck..test it out!!! And, why oh, why does it always have to be me that truly tests it :D God is good though, and even in the midst of the chaos, our silver lining was we got to spend a little more time together this week (due to the washing machine or not....we were together!) Sweet blessings!