Friday, July 18, 2008

Blogging Games

Okay, my friend Karen is doing a blog "game" and I am joining in. She asked readers to post a memory of meeting her.

This is straight from her blog:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!


2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

New Matt Dancing Video

I think I shared a video by email that showed a man dancing at different places in the world. Well he has a new video for 2008. The website also has an outtakes video that is almost better than the polished one. Check it out!

(To improve the resolution, click on the video after it starts to go to the YouTube website. Then click on "watch in high quality")


2008 video




Outtakes video


Sunday, July 6, 2008

New Washing Machine



Just before I got sick our washing machine died. It made a really awful noise when it ran. I paid the $65 dollars for the repair guy to come out and tell me it was the motor and some other thingamajig and it was going to be about $700 dollars to fix it! Well it was about seven years old and decided I would rather spend $700 on a new one, duh! So this is our new washer. It's a GE energy star and I have to say I like it much better than our old one. The clothes come out cleaner and it uses half as much water. I also use half as much detergent and that is important since I have to use the more expensive stuff due to allergies. The big thing that I notice is that when I dry the clothes there is almost no lint in the dryer. I guess that means my clothes will look less worn out over time (I hope). And we spent about $850 on it all together. I just hope it lasts more than 7 years!

I recently switched from Seventh Generation laundry soap to Charlie's Soap. No I didn't buy it because of the name! I was looking for something a little easier to find and a little cheaper. I have tried all kinds of detergents and even the dye and fragrance free stuff like All Free still makes me break out. The Seventh Generation is about $7-8 dollars and I have to drive 30 minutes to get it. And it's more concentrated and takes up less space and plastic. So if you make the plunge into the front load washers I think you will like it (except the extra cost!).