animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 

so much for that

I received and installed my dishwasher part yesterday, but it did not fix the problem. The dishwasher now fills with water, but the arms never activate to actually wash the dishes. So, either the water wasn’t a problem in the first place or I have two issues. This one sounds …

enough, already!

My dishwasher is not working now. It’s only two years old! It looks like it’s not filling with water. I researched the issue and the most likely cause is a broken water inlet valve, which is supposedly easy to replace so I ordered one. It set me back $66, but …

onion fail

I ordered onion plants from Burpee and for whatever reason, they shipped them a month late. I got them into the ground as soon as I could but that wasn’t good enough. They are currently ready to harvest and most of them are too small to be usable. I would …

oven blues

I went to Krisay’s this afternoon to order a new gas range. I had a particular model in mind and it, of course, is on backorder. They said it might be 6 weeks but they wouldn’t commit to anything. Ugh. At least it’s grilling season. I don’t use the oven …

homeland

This was really great political thriller, centered around bipolar CIA agent Carrie Mathison and her mentor Saul Berenson (who played Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride–a fact I cannot get over). It was mostly about the conflicts in the Middle East, but near the end of the series, they threw …