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simplydevastated (original poster member #25001) posted at 5:42 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
I fixed my dishwasher!
I had the whole thing taken apart. I had to replace three screws around the pump that must have come loose, the pump seal and the latch that closes the soap dispenser door shut. To replace the latch I had to take the door apart and pull off other parts to get to it. It's all back together.
Now it's running so much better and it's more quiet. I love it!!
I should have taken pictures
I kick ass!
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Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
thebighurt ( member #34722) posted at 5:49 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Yay for you!!
I kick ass!
You sure do!!!
tbh
Finding what life could have been....... Why didn't I see it?
TrulyReconciled ( member #3031) posted at 6:00 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Good job! You unplugged it first, right?
"In a time of deceit, telling the Truth is a revolutionary act."
simplydevastated (original poster member #25001) posted at 6:14 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
You unplugged it first, right?
Um...no
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
HeartStings ( member #38017) posted at 6:16 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Good for you! It's so empowering to be able to do things for yourself, isn't it?
simplydevastated (original poster member #25001) posted at 6:22 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
It is! I love it.
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
Dreamboat ( member #10506) posted at 6:43 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Can you come over and fix my microwave?
You really do kick ass.
And it's hard to dance with a devil on your back
So shake him off
-- Shake It Out, Florence And The Machine
tushnurse ( member #21101) posted at 6:49 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Great Job!!!
As a woman who was raised to never rely on a man for anything, and grew up in a home that was 80 years old and rehabbed by us, I know how to fix lots of stuff, and when I get tired of waiting on H to do it, and do it myself, I am always proud, and he gets sooooo aggravated. He likes to be needed, but hey a girl can only live so long without a dishwasher, dryer, or working doorknobs (just a few things I fixed on my own).
Congrats.
Me: FBSHim: FWSKids: 23 & 27 Married for 32 years now, was 16 at the time.D-Day Sept 26 2008R'd in about 2 years. Old Vet now.
pmal64 ( member #13551) posted at 7:40 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
woohoo! you go!
I repaired our washing machine one time when the water pump leaked. hubby was going to call the Sears repairman
. I told him "no, I repair patient care equipment for a living... we are NOT calling a repairman! surely I can fix a dang washing machine!"
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WH -60
"when they show you who they are, believe them"
jo2love ( member #31528) posted at 8:53 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
You rock!!!
LosferWords ( member #30369) posted at 9:16 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Nicely done!
I fixed the switch on our old dishwasher, and at first I didn't unplug it. What happened next was... shocking!
Feels good to save yourself some cash, doesn't it? You should treat yourself to something nice with the money that you saved.
Rebreather ( member #30817) posted at 9:36 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
Yeah, I have a washing machine you need to look at!
Me BS
Him WH
2 ddays in '07
Rec'd.
"The cure for the pain, is the pain." -Rumi
Celticlass ( member #39518) posted at 9:39 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
You rock! You just need a man to hand you the tools, lol!
Deeply Scared ( Administrator #2) posted at 9:46 PM on Thursday, October 24th, 2013
That's awesome!!!! Don't you love when you do something that you never expected you could accomplish? Great job!!!
"Don't give up, the beginning is always the hardest." My Mom:)
My tolerance for stupid shit is getting less and less.
simplydevastated (original poster member #25001) posted at 2:22 AM on Friday, October 25th, 2013
Dreamboat & Rebreather...have tools, will travel
I wish I could Losfer. Unfortunately, accounts don't work that way in my family.
TN, that was how my mom raised me... to be self sufficient. I grew up watching my grandfather fix things that needed it, but throwing it out and get a new one. I think part of that bothers my husband, I'm too independent with most things. It took him 12 years to fix a door. The the end I did it myself. I was so mad that he didn't eat dinner with us.
Celticlass, that sounds good to me.
Thanks DS. I have a saying - If it was put together, it can come apart. If it can come apart, I can fix it. (Or die trying)
Thanks for all the wonderful pays everyone
Me - BS, 40 (I'm not old...I'm vintage)
Two Wonderful children - DS11, DD8
Getting my ducks in a row for divorce... finally (4+ D-Days too many - listed in profile.)
dameia ( member #36072) posted at 4:04 AM on Friday, October 25th, 2013
Yay for SD!!! That is awesome!
Me: BS
D-Day: 7/7/12
Trust is like paper. Once it's crumpled it can never be perfect again.
Jeaniegirl ( member #6370) posted at 5:37 AM on Saturday, October 26th, 2013
That is great! Amazing how we CAN do things even if we ponder on it, put it off ... and then we just do it!
I had orders from my home-owner's insurance company to cut down a tree that was growing too close to my roof. The price for getting it cut down was over the moon! So I pondered, looked at it, surmised, worried. Then I found the chain saw in the garage and just sawed on it a little at a time. It took me a few days. While it wasn't a huge tree, it was no sapling! I was SO proud of myself when it fell and it was great that it fell in the right direction too. Now I am sawing on it a little at a time where it lies, cutting logs for the fireplace. After it's stacked for a year and seasoned, it will be great!
See? We CAN do things!
"Because I deserve better"
Lucky2HaveMe ( member #13333) posted at 2:00 PM on Saturday, October 26th, 2013
Good for you!!
I *fixed* my oven door once... all by myself... then I had to call the repair man cause I *fixed* it good!
Love isn't what you say, it's what you do.
movingforward777 ( member #6850) posted at 4:29 PM on Saturday, October 26th, 2013
You can't reach for anything new if your hands are still full of yesterday's junk.......Louise Smith
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