Wishy-Washy!

I have been spending a little time getting to know my new washing machine this morning...sitting in the laundry room , book in hand, clothes quietly being washed. I am amazed!!!! You may be asking, why?
I have only owned one washer in 26 years. The spin cycle quit! Not good. Replacement parts alone were going to cost $250.00-$300. Pass! What's a girl to do? Craigslist....free Kenmore.... got it! Craigslist again...$50.00, another Kenmore....got it. Hubby swapped out parts into the newer nicer machine and "voila". Momma has a new washer. It purrrrrrrr's like a kitten. I may just spend the rest of the day in the laundry room reading and watching 2 weeks worth of laundry take a spin in the new washer. Such is my life! I am a lucky girl!

p.s. I even have a ECO Friendly cycle. Do you all have that on your wash machines?

Doing This...Getting Rid of That!

Yipes and ugh! Here's my fix/repair project for this week.

My heart broke (a little), when I saw this on my front porch. This is one of my three matching Limoge pots that I bought back in 1999, when we lived in France. I have been so careful with them. So, one fine sunny day, I put my potted minature rose out on our sunny front porch and.....you know the rest. I went out around dusk to bring my plant inside and all my potted plants were turned over and de-potted. Did not take me long to figure out who was responsible. The guilty party had left dirty paw marks on the porch and was near by. What to do????

Yes, the picture is blurry. I think that is because I was a bit cautious/nervous being this close to a WILD animal. After bringing my Limoge into the house and whimpering about it...a little, I headed back out to clean up the dirt on the porch and Hello! Said raccoon was eating our cat food. All I did was open the front door...the raccoon looked up momentarily, and then went back to eating our cat food-ha! Can you believe this raccoon never budged as I took this picture? Now, let me say loud and clear....Raccoons are not our friends! They may seem friendly and darn cute when their little ones are with them, but, they are a wild animal. No touching, no befriending, and no more cat food on the porch for said raccoon. The end. Ha!

So, what are you doing this week?