Emotional Spin Cycle

I shouldn't be so emotionally attached to my home appliances, but I am.  I shouldn't have cried when Mike called to tell me that the 70-year-old delivery guy wouldn't even try to drag my dream washing machine down the 1/2 inch-too-narrow basement stairs, but I did.

My favorite, super-huge 5.0 cubic feet washing machine (Maytag Bravos) was just too big. I researched washing machines for a full week and decided specifically on this model.  Then it was a week before it could be delivered.  I even read the manual online before the delivery date.  I was so sad.

But I love my new only-25"-wide-and-fits-down-the-basement-stairs washer.  It's supposed to be super energy and water-efficient and the guy at Warner's Stellian says that stuff made in New Zealand is made to last 20 years.  We'll see about that.  I hope he's right.

It's a high efficiency top-loader and doesn't have the center agitator, so it's really big inside.  It's made by Fisher & Paykel (I hadn't heard of them either).  I tackled all this laundry in only 5, maybe 6 loads:

The picture doesn't really do this pile justice.  This is 3 weeks of laundry for my family of four people, two cats and one dog.  It was a mountain. None of us had clean underwear and we were using hand towels as wash rags.  Thank goodness the washer came on Monday!

  I've been really excited to do laundry this week.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder...


PS- I can still use my homemade laundry soap in this machine because its low-sudsing!