Mimi:"Is Donkey Kong a
donkey?"
Parker:"He's a monkey!"
Mimi:"What kind of monkey? A
kong monkey? A monkey with no tail?"
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March has been a month like I never want to see again. Does March seem long because February is short? I don't know. One of the ridiculous things that happened this month is that our dryer started not working as well. It's pretty new, so I wasn't ready for it to break yet. Greg and I did some investigation and we found out the problem. Someone vented the dryer to the
attic. Yes, the attic. Quality home building for sure. Anyway, we spent some time trying to figure out what to do about it. And I finally cooked up a crazy plan and Greg helped put it into action.
Here's some pictures of our work. Notice Mimi wearing: pj's, snow boots, coat and tutu.
Greg drilled a hole through the exterior of the house to get the vent through the garage and into our laundry room. The kiddos thought this was hilarious! This was the most expensive part of the whole thing. The one drill bit we needed was $35! Anyone need a 4-inch hole-drill?
Our garage-- a total mess for a few weeks while we worked on the project.
Our laundry room -- a big mess while we works are other parts of it. Notice the thing sticking out of the ceiling? That's the vent. It went up there then took many turns into the attic above our garage. Then it just spit out moisture and lint all over the place. ugh. The vent was full of lint as well. It's a wonder our dryer worked at all for the last 2 years. All I can say is, clothes take NO time at all now that it's all clear.
In the middle of all this Mimi got really sick, of course. That lead to lots of laundry, another fun part of this month.
Here was my dryer for most of this month. Honestly, I like using the drying rack. I feel good about it most of the time. Most weeks a use it for at least one of my loads of laundry anyway. But I do like having the option of having a working dryer.
The good news is we have a fulling functioning dryer and lower electricity bill for the month . You can all rest assured:)
Here's some pictures of our work. Notice Mimi wearing: pj's, snow boots, coat and tutu.
Greg drilled a hole through the exterior of the house to get the vent through the garage and into our laundry room. The kiddos thought this was hilarious! This was the most expensive part of the whole thing. The one drill bit we needed was $35! Anyone need a 4-inch hole-drill? 
Our garage-- a total mess for a few weeks while we worked on the project. 
Our laundry room -- a big mess while we works are other parts of it. Notice the thing sticking out of the ceiling? That's the vent. It went up there then took many turns into the attic above our garage. Then it just spit out moisture and lint all over the place. ugh. The vent was full of lint as well. It's a wonder our dryer worked at all for the last 2 years. All I can say is, clothes take NO time at all now that it's all clear. 
In the middle of all this Mimi got really sick, of course. That lead to lots of laundry, another fun part of this month. 
Here was my dryer for most of this month. Honestly, I like using the drying rack. I feel good about it most of the time. Most weeks a use it for at least one of my loads of laundry anyway. But I do like having the option of having a working dryer. 
There is so much sadness in the world, anyone else getting super depressed with all the news? It may seem small and silly, but I'm so glad that I get to do some gardening starting THIS WEEK! (March 17th means more then just St. Patrick's Day, it means getting your peas and lettuce in the ground.) Getting my hands in the dirt lifts my spirits. Even though I have no idea what I'm really doing... and last year's garden was a bust... this year I'm optimistic... and I have a new hat to keep the sun out of my eyes. If I can just get it away from Baby Yoda. Of course I got it on etsy.com. Love that place.
