Old News You Didn't Know

Remember my washer and dryer saga? Mike made the washing machine functional, which was great. I still can't do a full-size load of jeans without a failed spin cycle, but it works well--except for the mysterious leak I discovered when we cleared everything out of the laundry room.

Why did we clear out the laundry room? The 20-year old dryer our home teacher gave us was functional, but it snagged the clothes between the drum and base occasionally and left brown streaks. That was the problem I had with the previous dryer, except that they were much larger black streaks until it swallowed a sock and would not turn anymore. Well, the home-teacher dryer just stopped heating alltogether.

So, two weeks ago, rather than beat a dead horse, we went to the Sears Outlet and found a good deal on a scratch and ding dryer. It is a Kenmore Elite Oasis. The cheapest, bare bones dryer we could buy was $325. It was a no-name, moderate capacity, two-button, tiny opening dryer that had no appeal other than price. For $70 more, we got electronic programming and customizable functions with a mega capacity and huge front-load opening. As it is nearly an $800 dryer, we got it for 50% off. That's the way I roll.