What More Could Go Wrong?

Not the right question to ask, but honestly, this last week has been a little crazy.

Friday: For starters, we got here and found the house locked when it was supposed to be unlocked. Trying to track down the key before all our help left town was like stalking our landlord. Oh wait, it WAS stalking our landlord. I caught some stomach bug from my nephew in Denver and felt pretty miserable Thursday night and all thru Friday.

Saturday: Move in day! The busiest day of my life (see post below). Me still sick. Taryn wakes up throwing up at night.

Sunday: Day of rest. Braden is sick.

Monday: Work at the house. Me up throwing up at night.

Tuesday: Braden's first day at work (thankfully feeling better). I go downstairs to get something from food storage to find the laundry room, bathroom, and part of the carpet are FLOODED! Oh dear. I spend the rest of the morning trying to sort that out with our property management company.

Wednesday: Spend the morning again with the basement. The management company sent a plumber to clean out the pipes and then a carpet cleaning company to clean the carpets. Thank you! Blue and Gold Dinner at night. I discovered that the dishwasher doesn't work.

Thursday: Wash dishes by hand, try to organize the house. It is amazing how having to wash dishes by hand either takes up a LOT of time or results in a sink/kitchen full of dirty dishes. It's not how I wanted to be spending my time. Right as I needed to go pick up Braden from work (did I mention we are a one car family?!), I discover Taryn has locked herself in her room during her nap. So it takes 5 minutes just to wake her up, then another 10 before she is able to unlock the door.

Friday: Keep working at the house, finally go to do a load of laundry...only to discover the washing machine doesn't work. Keara is not feeling well.

Saturday: Celebrate Keara's birthday. Shaun comes over to fix the washing machine and dishwasher. Thank you Shaun!!! He leaves for Spring Break, and I start a load of dishes. Only to find a while later that my kitchen is covered in soap suds! Stop the dishwasher, call my dad...

Later that night, when I had time to find the problem, I found that there was no leak per se under the washer. But still I had bubbles pouring out of the dishwasher. First I started catching them with a pan. Then two. Then three.

I would empty the bubbles into my sink, but soon that was overflowing with bubbles too.

I opened the dishwasher to discover the dishes COVERED in suds...and it was almost done with the cycle. So I started pouring water into the dishwasher and then ran it for another cycle. Problem solved.

When we moved in, I noticed that there was some soap in the dishwasher, so I figured I'd just use it on our first load instead of scraping it out. I think it was dish soap instead of dishwasher detergent...I felt like I was in a movie where they poured in the entire box of laundry detergent in the washing machine. It was so funny, all I could do was laugh.

I guess the problem isn't entirely solved because it was leaking water tonight, but I know we'll get it taken care of eventually! At least our carpets have now been cleaned and our floors have been mopped. Too bad the carpet is brand new and the floors weren't that dirty. Maybe we could have a repeat performance next year when they both really need it.