Another workend has come and gone. We actually took the day off on Saturday and spent some well deserved time with each other, my mom and extended family. Then on Sunday, I actually had a couple hours of me time while Aaron took the kids to the little farmhouse before I had to start work. Monday we did spend all day at the farmhouse trying to get things done.
The day started out by laying, or attempting to anyway, flooring in the kitchen. Thanks to the elderly nature of the house and maybe some ruler challenged previous owners, the floors and walls aren’t exactly level or even. That made for some tough times when time time to install the laminate flooring. We’re not novices. We’ve done it two times before, but this one was definitely the trickiest.
We get about two rows down and I remind Aaron that we might want to get the dishwasher out of there before the floor reaches it so we don’t scratch up the new floor. I know, I know….great thinking on my part, right? After some glaring and pretty sure there were some raunchy mutterings under his breath, we start some dishwasher removal.
Just a note – when removing a dishwasher you may want to make sure the electric AND the water is turned off. The house has been empty for a while and by the looks of the dishwasher, maybe not even been turned on this decade. So we start tugging and pulling and trying to find where everything is connected.
SNAP! POP! CRACKLE! There was a bright orange flash and then we realize – OH! There is where it’s plugged in. Good. Got that figured out. We didn’t even have to go to the cellar and turn off the electricity at that point – it blew the circuit for us. How convenient.
Then we realize that for some other reason the dishwasher is stuck. I mean really stuck on the left side. We just can’t get it out of there. Aaron is all manly and lifting the countertop and when that didn’t work, he (and his sweating, bulging, very attractive muscles) start yanking it from side to side.
Sorry – – had to take a pause there for a moment as I remembered that moment. Ahhh…..
Anyway, back to the story. We finally realize what is catching up the dishwasher. It’s the feed hose to the dishwasher. Of course it was. Aaron decides to cut it and lays down on the floor and cuts that tube right in half. Three points if you guess what happens next. Wanna guess? DING DING DING You are correct – the water in the hose was pressurized and came spurting out all over.
All I have to say is thank goodness I am married to a runner, because that man sprinted out of that kitchen so fast, out the door, and to the cellar to turn off that water before I even stopped gasping. There was quite a dirty mess. But despite the dishwasher putting up a valiant effort, we defeated it and sent it to it’s grave in our appliance graveyard (in the shed – we’re not really burying them – that would just be weird).
Needless to say the floor didn’t get too far so we’ll have more to do next weekend. Anyone want to help lay some flooring down?
The Simply Contented Wife 