All Washed Up

So, our plans for the hearse are on a slower planning cycle to be out for next year's Halloween rather than this year's.  Pretty much exclusively because our plans to replace our washing machine have been accelerated.  And not by whim or choice (at least not our choice - the washing machine we have seemed to have made the choice for us).

Our current 15 year old model (for which parts are hard to find and expensive) had the motor go out on it.  This caused us to spend money on a new washer (it'll be delivered Thursday).  That of course will be made up for in the budget mostly by postponing this summer's budget on Halloween design. <insert frowny face here>

But that caused another fun experience for Candice and me.  The Laundromat.  I had not been in a laundromat since approximately 1991.  Not much has changed except that prices are WAY more expensive now.  Granted, the time to finish laundry is MUCH less when you can wash and dry all the loads simultaneously, but I'd still rather not have that "date night" experience again.  And this laundromat wasn't nearly as sketchy as some of the ones I'd been in 20+ years ago, but I'd still just as soon skip a repeat performance.

Lately we've been doing outside work in the yard.  I planted the Cherry Trees.  Candice has been weeding and planting stuff like crazy.  I've even sketched out the four garden areas so Candice can plan what to plant where.

On a sad note, Shadow, our one year-old long haired black cat has gone missing and has been missing for around 4 days.  And she got outside without her harness/tags on.  And there are loyts of Hawks and Coyotes in the area.  And we had a massive storm the other night that might have washed away all the smells to help her find her way back.  We're still hopeful and making trips to the back door to call for her every few hours.  Ghost is pestering us even more now that she's missing and Ghost's play pal is gone.

That's all for this edition.  Thanks for reading!