Goodbye Speed Queen

I need to document some special details about my old washing machine.  We got it for like twenty dollars from a random person who we were buying a TV stand from.  They happened to have a washing machine that they were also getting rid of, and Scott didn't have one at the house.  Perfect!

 

Well, the washing machine (model name: Speed Queen) was not the best.  It typically got stuck on the rinse cycle and it kind of leaked out the bottom.  And  yet, we were very capable of switching it to the spin cycle, and there was a drain right next to the leak, so we decided it was good enough. 

 

3 years went by, and we moved to the new house.  The new house had everything we ever wanted.  Except for a drain right next to our leaky washer.  So, that was a problem.  Why all houses don't have built in leaky-washer drains, I don't know.  So that was the end of the Speed Queen right there.  It never even got hooked up. 

 

Now let me tell you about the new washer.  It is fancy.  Actually it is not fancy, but compared to the Speed Queen, it's SUPER fancy.  It tells me exactly how many minutes are left in the cycle.  It has a bedding cycle.  The knob can turn clockwise or counterclockwise (blew my mind).  It sings a little song when it's done.  I can read all of the settings on the dial.  It doesn't leak.  It can complete a cycle all on its own.  What I'm saying is, my quality of life drastically increased with this new washing machine.

High Fashion

I follow some fashion blogs, and sometimes I like to check out what the celebs are wearing.  I'm not much of a fashionista (I am wearing Bermuda shorts from the 10th grade right now), but I like to see what's out there. 

Sometimes I especially like to see what's out there.  Like this T-Swift/Carly Simon combo:

Wow, what outfits!  Taylor is wearing Mickey Mouse shorts, and Carly Simon...I think I know who Carly Simon's doppelganger is:

Am I the first to make this connection?

All this doppelganger talk reminds me of my all-time favorite celebrity doppelganger:

Sadly the Ben F. comparison was not my creation.  It's something so brilliant I never would have thought of it.

These are the things in my life that make me laugh every time I see them.  Every time.

Surprises from North Salt Lake

Oh you guys.  The new house is so awesome.  Can't even tell ya how much we love it.

I won't gush any longer, but I will leave you with a few random details about the house.  Several of these were a total surprise when we moved in!  (Luckily they are good surprises.)

This cabinet?  Didn't know these existed.  So cool.

 

I've seen these drawers on Pinterest, and I had no idea we had them.

This gnome?  How could the old owners leave this behind!?

 

We do not have enough furniture for this place.  This is the bowling alley/ballroom.  Excuse the dirty floor.  I have mopped since I took this, but I'm too lazy to take a new picture.  I don't know what that says about me.

Pretty sure this translates to "skin."  This was a big mystery for a while, but then I found out that the original owner of the home was a masseuse and had a business called "Pelle."  Unfortunately it totally peels off the paint when I try to take this sign down...so I now work in the skin room, complete with dimmed lights that almost put me to sleep.

I get to spend a whole lotta time here now that I work from home, and it's wonderful.  This is my office! It needs some more...stuff...since it's about twice as big as this picture shows, but I love it.  There is, however, one mysterious thing in this room: some speakers built into the ceiling.  We're not sure what they are for yet...probably government monitoring.

We can't hear each other from one room to the next, but we sure love being here.  More pictures to come.