Lisa's Lounge

Elway's Cousin Jake is back for a visit! His parents, Paul and Malia, are expecting to deliver a baby girl any day now (the 14th at the latest) so Jake is going to stay with us for awhile. He is so much fun - kind of like how Elway was 8 or 9 years ago. A little scampy! :-)

Last night I grilled on my beautiful new gas grill - finally. Ben got it for me for Christmas, and we just haven't had time to put it together. (note to self - have assembled at the store) Neighbor Ahrey came over one Sunday evening and put it together for us.



We recently grappled with what items to upgrade in our house first - we've been here 6 years, we have 10 year old TV's and appliances... should we get a huge HD TV? We were BOTH for that - my eyesight seems to be getting worse by the day, and the little 25" TV in our living room is harder and harder to see. A new Fridge? Ours works for the most part, we just hate it. A new washer and dryer? We really like the new more efficient front loaders. W & D won. After much research, we decided on the Maytag EpicZ models. They were delivered last Thursday. Neither one works. The dryer's power button did not work, and the washer, after 2 loads of clothes, had an "un-named" error message - general failure. Nice, huh? I have to say Home Depot was great - I ordered them on line so as to maximize mileage points etc... which makes returns a whole different ball game. But the local store not only accepted the return, they gave us a great discount on a fancier LG pair! They are scheduled to arrive any minute now. But no one has picked up the non-working ones. And we still have the old old ones in the garage. (Which will be put on Craig's list shortly if you know anyone that needs a set - they work fine, just not as well as the new fancy front loaders)

Here's hoping we have better luck with the LG's! The manager at the Home Depot kept saying "Wow-I have NEVER had both not work!" Seriously - they really were awesome. I know they SHOULD have been awesome, after all, but it was refreshing that I didn't have to bitch or threaten to go elsewhere... I was going to ask for a 10% discount on the LG's - they offered about $250 off before I could open my mouth. Uh, sure, I'll take that instead! :-)

Here are the Maytag EpicZ's that don't work....