The family dryer gave it up last week. It was still drying, but it sounded like two cats ~ in heat (pun intended) ~ were inside. One of the worst noises I’ve ever heard an appliance make.

Hubs was gone again most of the week so WK and I had to make an evening run to the neighborhood laundry ~ night time is sketchy at the laundro-mat.

Once home, Hubs and WK pulled the offending machine apart, replaced what appeared to be the defective whats-it, put everything back together ~ without having any extra pieces ~ and declared it good to go.

After seven days of no real way to clean clothes, we were overrun with stinking teen spirit t’s and jeans. I proceeded to fill up the washer, ran one load, transferred it over to the newly repaired dryer, and began a second washing. Pushing the ’start’ button on the dryer confirmed that indeed the cats still inhabited the machine. *sigh*

Now I had one dryer I couldn’t use and TWO loads of wet clothes. It was off to the dreaded laundro-mat once again ~ only this time during daylight hours. Much better.

Hubs and the boy will have to gut the dryer again. Hubs thinks it may be a belt that needs replacing. DYI projects in my house tend to have unexpected outcomes. *sigh*

I will sort through the left over dirties and prioritize what needs to be washed first and make another laundry run ~ definitely during day light hours. The good thing is that the industrial dryers can do the job in less than 30 minutes. I’ve gotten spoiled. I couldn’t do this all the time.