Boom! Crash! What was that?

So, I was exhausted last night, and went to bed a little early...and just as I was falling into a beautiful sleep, I heard a couple of knocking noises. It sounded like the washing machine had an unbalanced load.

And that's what it was. I mistakenly thought one of the kids would hear the banging and go remedy the situation since their bedrooms are right there, and it was their laundry, but apparently, they don't know that an unbalanced load could knock that washing machine all around the laundry room, and ultimately destroy the whole house.

The next thing I heard, as I'm about to get up, is what sounded like a shotgun, and Joe screeching. So I got up even faster and met Joe in the laundry room, and of course, he said, "Something's wrong with the washer."

"Obviously," I replied. I admit I was a little grouchy.

I opened the lid of the washer, and the thing is JAMMED packed with towels, jeans and probably Aidan's entire wardrobe. I said, "What in the world? This load is WAY too big." And I noticed the basin was sitting off center, so I figured something had come loose or snapped. I test washed a small load, and although it made it through the cycle, it was loud, so something's very wrong.

One more thing to take care of before the weekend. Geez. I went to bed even grouchier, and told Aidan she should know better, and that she was calling the repairman today, and paying for the repair. She hasn't argued...yet.

Oh, the reason I took down yesterday's post was because I didn't want people on Dal's blog to think I meant them on the Jackass Forum. That's not the forum I was referring to, but a new forum for people who have been banned by BOTH hoD and CC. I realized I may have not made that clear yesterday, and since I didn't have time to amend it, I just took it down. I also realized something else...

I think Forrest was referring to these porcupine quills in his latest SB, which you can find on Dal's here.

My comment on that was: