We are a cloth diapering family. Cloth diapers generate a lot of laundry. I do at least one load of laundry daily.
So when, on a Thursday night, I went to pull the wash out of the washing machine and discovered that it was still sopping wet?
Not good. Not good at all.
A little Googling suggested that it was the motor coupling – and a quick visual inspection under the machine confirmed it.
Sears Parts Direct had the part for just under $20, and it happened to be in stock at our local store. We put in an order to pick it up in store in the morning.
So Friday morning, I picked up the part. Then I went to Walmart to get a new pair of jammie pants since both my pairs were dirty in the wash and there was no way I could get the washing machine fixed and the jammie pants washed and dried before my friend was coming to pick me up for my church’s ladies retreat.
Sunday after church, the time was right for me to get the machine fixed (especially since I’d put Louis’s last pair of clean pants on him that morning!)
I started at 2:45, following the instructions in this video:
I was washing the grease from my hands by 3:45.
By 4:00, the first (of many) loads of laundry was in the washing machine.
Thursday evening, when this all began, I wrote the following on Facebook:
Have you ever tried your hand at a six-word story? Here’s one:
“Cloth diapering family’s washing machine breaks.”
I later commented with the sequel:
“$20 part. In stock. I’ll try!”
And here, at last, it’s time to complete the trilogy:
“Mama fixes the washing machine. Hooray!”