The Dishwasher Strikes Back, part 3

[saifai]

The old washer has left the building.
After much banging around and shifting of cupboard contents, the old dishwasher has finally been removed and replaced.  It was quite a journey to get in.  Took the hubby all day to do it.

Trip to the store.
First thing, hubby brought the new machine in after finally getting the old one out.  It would seem the old one was so ancient that the connections were all different.  So, off he left for the store to get some converting thingies to hook it all up. All totalled, he made two seperate trips to three different stores to get all the things he needed.  Or was it three seperate trips to two different stores? 

No water for Saifai.
At one point he threatened to turn off the water to the entire neighborhood.  He was trying to get the water pipe unhooked on the old one, and then the new one on for the next one.  He finally did find whatever it is he was looking for that shut off the water to the machine.  As it happens, he found this after he shut off the water to the kitchen sink.  He didn't turn it back on either.  Needless to say, our sink is piled with dishes.  No water, no dishwasher.  No water for tea.  *sigh*  It was a long day.  *gr*

No food either *pouts*.
Finally had to give up on him cooking dinner for us.  The stove was piled up with stuff from the cabinets he cleared out in his search for the water shut off valve.  Pouting at him failed, so off I went to get food for us at the local burger joint.  Turn about is fair play, and all that.  I was nice though and actually got him food this time.

Peace and quiet.  And dirty dishes
The new dishwasher is mostly all hooked up now.  It's got power to it.  Might have water to it too.  Also?  It's so much quieter than the old one.  Before, we had to make sure to only run the thing when we weren't sleeping or watching a movie.  It was just too loud to run it during either of those two events.  Will be such a relief.

Now if only I can get hubby to help me wash all the dishes tonight before we get to bed.  *wanders off to con the hubby into helping*

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Comments

[jack4will.livejournal.com]

At least you got the dishwasher in you think. Lets hope you can get him to help you with the dishes girlfriend. *huggles her*

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

I turn up in so many of these top ten thingies. Not that I stalk my flist or anything silly like that... o.O

And yay! Hubbyfai 1 : Dishwasher 0

Hail the conquering hero!

[velvet-virago.livejournal.com]

Girl, I hear both your pain and your joy. I, too, recently had a dishwasher replaced by my husband.

Our old one was very old indeed... it belonged to his grandmother (!) and had to be trundled up to the sink and attached to the tap. And boy howdy, was it *loud*. But it sure beat washing by hand.

The new one was part of the "boatload o' Maytag" we recently acquired: six appliances in all, each one installed by the talented tech-husband-san. No need to hook it up to the sink, and it's so very quiet!! But there may have been a day or two of general shirtyness while everything got installed.

Good for you for getting him food too! *g*

[reddwarf75.livejournal.com]

Still pretty funny ;)
MArie

[http://users.livejournal.com/indiana_jane_/]

Sounds like an adventure and not in the fun way. Eep!

Hey, look at me! I'm in the top 10! :)

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Yup, finally in and working great. Mostly. ::giggles:: Hubby still needs to fiddle with the drain pipes a bit, but the dishes are finally getting done. And, I did actually get him to help. :)

[saifai.livejournal.com]

You can stalk me. I don't mind. *gr*

...and the conquering hero even helped do the dishes. All is good.

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear things went well on your end too. With any luck we won't have to do this any time again soon. Shirtyness I can do without. *gr*

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Hee. ::mwah::

[saifai.livejournal.com]

lol. It was indeed an adventure. But clean dishes make it worth it. :)

Hey, look at me! I'm in the top 10! :)

::mwah::

[jack4will.livejournal.com]

*grins at that* Thats good that he did help you girlfriend. *hugs her* So what was the final score in that? I know the old diswasher had one two rounds I believe.. lol

[saifai.livejournal.com]

It was officially 2 to 1, with the dishwasher in the lead. *gr*

I'll eventually let him live it down. ::giggles::

[jack4will.livejournal.com]

*giggles again* Yeah in several months or so.. *hugs her*