The joys of replacing a clothes dryer (amongst other chores)...

So, the dryer has broken down after a good 3-year run.  It still heats, just doesn't turn/tumble.  So after the wife came home yesterday from a double shift, and she had some food and a lengthy nap, we decided to go window shopping for a new dryer at a few home improvement places around town.  We found a few inexpensive prospects, and decided we won't make a final decision until we at least check out how much it might cost just to fix it - maybe a turning belt got loose or something.  As this was an appliance that was donated to us when we got married, we're certainly not complaining!  In the meantime, I've decided to put up a temporary clothesline to dry out our wet laundry just like former times in the good old-fashioned sun!

We also got side-tracked by an inexpensive ceiling fan to install downstairs to give us a little more cool (or at least, circulating) air in the bedroom, and a few cutting tools to remove a couple tree branches before winter sags the pine tree close to the phone and power lines out back.

I've also decided not to set up the pool on the tarp again as it killed part of the lawn and I had to re-seed that muddy spot.  Maybe when I get a few plywood planks about 8-10 feet long I'll reconsider setting it up with a few cement blocks underneath for support.  That way it won't damage the lawn so much again.

Weekends just don't seem to have enough time to get what you want done anymore.  I'm sooooooo looking forward to some well-deserved time off work next Monday! :)