what my washing machine said to me when i turned it on last night…

i mean you can’t not love a machine that welcomes you every time you use it….

heh heh

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well, parcel to be precise…big washing machine shaped parcels….

i have yet to use it….

that wont last long….

we have a mount everest size laundry pile and visitors at the weekend and no clean bedding….

told you the not mentioning washing machines again thing wouldn’t work

heh…

so on top of the washing machine this little lovely also arrived…
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our little camera had been suffering recently and not working well so we took the plunge. Easy to decide which one really. I have been so impressed with Canon. Still, my loyalty remains with my DSLR, but its nice to have this little nifty number in my pocket for those snappy occasions.

for my washing machine….

it finally packed up on wednesday mid load and that was that. It has been ill for a while, leaking, making way too much noise for the spin cycle and more recently the rather annoying habit of shorting the circuit in the house and turning all the plugs and clocks off……nice..

id like to say its been a pleasure but really it hasn’t. The machine has been a bit naff really and we have nursed it through the 5 years it has given us. I know, i know ‘washing machines are not built like they were used to’ heard it many times over.

Today, i had to tote my basket of semi washed clothes to my good friends house who have in fact just got a new washing machine. It has to be said that parenthoood can almost be defined by a group of 30 somethings standing in a kitchen having a long and detailed conversation about washing machines….and probably more depressingly, finding it interesting…

anyway it was a joy to behold, i kid you not, to see a washing machine that;

a) doesn’t leak
b) the spin cycle doesn’t sound like a box of spanners being thrown around a drum
c) doesn’t switch the TV off in the middle of the apprentice..

so anyway, this story has a happy, if expensive, ending. A brand spanking new washing machine winging its way here as i type…

and we went for miele because they, in theory, believe their washing machines should last 20 years. Now, doesnt that sound like the good old days….

and that is that, I’s like to promise you that the subject of washing machines will not be mentioned again….

but….

lets face it, that is probably a promise i dont stand a chance of keeping…..

unfortunately

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isnt she just gorgeous. Very nearly 7 years old and the most beloved cousin of my three nutters. She is the serene influence on my two crazy girls and much loved by her only male cousin, my boy Isaac.

my oh so wonderful husband…

here he is opening some presents this morning with the very over enthusiastic help of a couple of giddy kids. We went to a very nice restaurant on saturday night with some friends of ours…

It funny, all but one other person in that picture is older than Ben. Most people are usually quite surprised that he is only just 30. Not because, i think, they think he looks older than that. But more because you dont look at his life and think…’ah yes that is the life of the average 30 year old!’

He chose a path that is not so common with the pre-30’s. Married with children by the age of 24. Some may think that he hasn’t has his fun, you know how people always say…’dont settle down, go off and have some fun’ kind of thing. But i think he gets both, he gets the security of a family that adore him and the benefit of being young enough to take those relentless mornings!!!..well most of the time!!

I dont know if he would have chosen to ‘have more fun’ before settling down, i guess you would have to ask him that, but he has risen to the challenge of family life, he is a fantastic father, a wonderful husband and a somewhat of a very cool 30 year old…if just a little bit geeky…
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