You can measure a man by the opposition it takes to discourage him. Robert C. Savage
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Before you ask, no. This is not my latest idea of a way to discourage myself from getting into the refrigerator and the skinny cow ice cream sandwiches. (Are those little babies good, or what?!) I told you I was going to finish the laundry room, and I am working on it. I never got the chance to call Jed the oh-so-incredible-handyman this week, and then, it occurred to me that I should be able to move the washer and dryer by myself .(who said I need a man?)
My dryer is gas, so that was the first challenge. I called the gas company and asked how to unhook the gas line. Hmmm. The gal at the gas company made it sound easy...kind of. (Ok, she wasn't terribly reassuring.)
I came home and took a peek at the metal hose thing-y that had the gas shutter-offer whats-a-majiggy on it. What if I did it wrong and it wasn't really all the way shut off and my pups and I went to sleep that night and never woke up to enjoy the new laundry room floor and wall color?
That sounded way too dicey of a prospect for me. (Let's all pause to remember my moment of darkness last winter, shall we?)
Um..ya. You don't have to teach me a lesson twice.
Still, I needed to get the appliances moved so I could redo the paint and the flooring and I was determined not to be defeated. Then, an idea came to me. Were the hoses and lines long enough to move the washer out of the room and then slide the dryer from side to side without removing it from the room while I worked? (If your past 45, think of it kind of like maneuvering a Rubik's cube to get all the parts done and in the correct order...)
Bingo.
Next problem: Actually moving the appliances...without scratching my hardwood floor. One of my girlfriends had these way cool little slider deal-y's. Have you seen them? They're plastic saucers with little fuzzy slippers that cover them. What an invention. (I am betting some desperate and highly intelligent woman came up with this idea out of frustration in trying to move heavy objects solo...whoever you are, God bless you.) Together we easily slid the washer out of the laundry room and in front of the refrigerator, without even having to unhook the water lines.
Oh ya, it takes more than a the threat of being slowly gassed to death discourage this gal.
