Angela Law

animal lover, gardener, knitter, and gourmet cook
 
household stuff

that time of the year

Time for one of my appliances to break. Saturday is a big laundry day and the last load I put in the dryer ran forever and was only half dry at the end. I turned it on for another cycle and found that it was not heating up.

I went to repairclinic.com and went through their troubleshooting checklist for the issue and located a fuse that was no longer working. I ordered the part. I tested the other parts that could have caused the issue and they were all fine. Fingers crossed this will fix it. If not, I’m just going to buy a new dryer because this one is pretty old. No sense putting a few hundred into it to get it fixed.

The part is supposed to come tomorrow, but it seems like delivery is being delayed on everything these days. I hope I get it fairly soon, though. I don’t have a lot of room to hang things to dry so laundry is pretty much on hold until this gets resolved.

holidays

christmas time

I normally take a day off mid-December for Christmas preps. While I probably didn’t need to do that this year, I did it anyway. I addressed all of my cards and put them in the mail, wrapped gifts, and made a couple of evergreen swags. The tree Jake and I bought was way too tall, so I had a bunch of trimmings that I hated to throw away, hence the swags. Last weekend, we put up the tree, decorated the house, and put the lights outside. So, I guess we’re ready.

books

private #1 suspect

This was yet another one from James Patterson. I still have eight books to go and I think I will be done with him after that. This book in particular was “co-written” by Maxine Paetro. She’s better than some of his other co-authors, but still a bit cheesy. Does Patterson even write books by himself anymore? If not, that’s a pretty good gig he has going on.

Anyway, this book was full of stuff that would never happen in real life, pretty much like all of his others. It held my interest well enough, but there are so many other better things to read out there.

My rating: 3/5

holidays

merry christmas to me

I bought myself a new watch for Christmas. It’s a Citizen Eco-Drive and is a replacement for my broken watch of the same type. I got it this week and am pretty excited to have a working watch again!

movies

when harry met sally

Due to a lack of new entertainment, I’m revisiting some previously watched movies and shows. This one was a classic and it held up pretty well. It’s not quite as funny the second time because we’ve all seen the famous deli scene 100 times by now, but it was still enjoyable to watch.

My rating: 4/5