Oh, My Dishpan Hands!

Our 2 year old Frigidaire dishwasher is officially DEAD. We finally "called the man" (Andy Griffith reference), and he came out today to try to fix it.

The repair guy thought maybe it was just the switch connection in the door handle - but once he replaced that part, it was still not getting any "juice" from the main control panel. It's totally shorted out :( It would be a $300+ repair to fix it - and we didn't even pay near that much for the dishwasher in the first place. There is no trade-in value to a completely dead appliance so it is pretty much totally useless, except for being a drying rack for the dishes we now do by hand.

LESSONS LEARNED from THE MAN: Frigidaire was bought out by Electrolux, and since the buy-out, their products have gone downhill. Maytag was also bought out recently by Whirlpool, and their quality is also no longer what it used to be either (good news for the Maytag repair man maybe!!?).....Recommended appliances (esp. dishwashers) are the high-end ones we can't ever afford (Bosch, etc) or Whirlpool (the real deal), even Kenmore is still ok. In fact, the guy is refurbishing a Kenmore right now - and if the price is right, we may by it from him!

The rest of my day was great comparatively to finding out we wasted our money on our dishwasher two years ago. In fact, working in our church's children's club tonight was a welcome delight. I work with 4 year olds through 1st graders.

Here's a funny story from the day: Dan & I were both in the office today when one of the 4 year olds had to come up to give me a message. She is often the messanger for her class, and she always has a lot to say when she comes to see me. She also talked to Dan while I took care of what her teacher asked me in the note she had brought. Her teacher later told me that the girl came back in the classroom and said, "Wow, there were TWO Mrs. Hutchinson's in the office!"

It kind of reminds me of Andrew - when he was in K-4, he didn't know the difference between Mr. and Mrs. either - and in fact, he just called his teacher THE Whitehead (Mrs. Whitehead) for the longest time....and her word was THE law. If she said, he believed it, and that settled it. He still calls K-4 "the good old days"...and so do I!

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Praying for My Husband:

Day 17
Pray that your husband will enjoy his manliness as he patterns his life after Christ and strong men in the faith. Pray for his physical, emotional, mental, social and spiritual strength. (Eph. 3:16; 1 Peter 2:21; 1 Cor. 10:11)

Day 18
Pray that your husband will have an eternal perspective—living in light of eternity. Pray that he
will reject materialism and temporal values and put God first in his life. (Matt. 6:33; Deut. 6:5;
Eph. 5:16; Ps. 90:12)