Last weekennd WS moved the last of his stuff out of the apartment, cleaned ut up, then he came by to drop off a couple of things. While he was here, a lady showed up at my front door. She asked if "bogie" still lived here and I informed her the I was "bogie" and I had just moved in.
She introduced herself as a neighbor then explained that she had a package delivered to her house that was for me. and how it was a huge box and very heavy. I immediatly knew what it was. I hadn't missed it yet because the delivery date that was given to me was betwee 12/12 and 12/17 (really? REALLY? that was the best they could do for a guestimate?).
The neighbor then proceded to ask me for ID, which I gladly produced. She was very sorry for the trouble but didnt' want to give away someone's Christmas gift to the wrong person. I didn't have a problem with proving who I was before she allowed me to come pick up the package - in fact I was appreciative of that!
Fortunately WS still had room in the bed of his truck, so he drove over to the neighbors' house to pick up the package (I had to walk as his front seat was full - no problem, I can always use exercise). The neighbor and I chatted while WS lugged the huge, heavy box out the door and onto his truck bed. I again expressed gratitude before bidding the neighbor goodby.
Her parting words were, "So is it a Christmas present? I don't mean to be nosy, and you don't have to tell me . . "
I told her no, it was just an appliance. Then I rethought that, and told her that I guess it was a Christmas present to myself.
WS drove the box over to my place, lugged it into the house, unboxed it and tried to set it on a kitchen countertop but it wouldn't fit under the wall cabinets. that was okay as I had a back-up plan; using a microwave cart that I had inherited from Cop Car's HH when he moved back to Kansas from PA. And it works woderfully - as you can see by the pictures below the fold.
Why yes that is a dishwasher; a countertop dishwasher that can hold 6 place settings. It works great and allows me to do dishes every couple of days instead of every day (or everytime I use dishes). It uses 3-4 gallons of water, so uses a lot less than I would use by hand. Plus, I can load dishes in it as I use them, so the dirty dishes are hidden and off the limited counter space that I have. It works great and I usually only have to use the "lightly soiled" setting.
Yep, Merry Christmas to me!
We have a "portable" diswasher too, though ours is a floor level model, not much smaller than a standard one, it rolls up to the sink when we need it, and acts as spare counter space when we don't! They're an awesome appliance!
Posted by: Ruth | December 22, 2013 at 09:16 AM