The Dishwasher Curse

Those of you who know me, know that the bain of my existence has been that I have lived in homes the 6 years, that have had a dishwasher... a dishwasher that doesn't work! Now, really living w/out a dishwasher probably wouldn't have been that bad, BUT to have a dishwasher staring me in the face, taunting me every time I stood to do dishes, really it was just discouraging. Honestly, I believe that there is a dishwasher curse on me! Any dishwasher that was installed, either by us or a landlord in any of these places, for one reason or another just did not work.

So, you can imagine my joy when my friend Natalie called me a few weeks ago and said "We bought a dishwasher that works, but doesn't fit in our kitchen, I'm bringing it over!" HOORAY! Then Daynen installed it today and low and behold, there was a leak in bottom. "You have to be kidding! The dishwasher curse", I almost cried. I was beginning to think that perhaps, my sister-in-law was right when she said that I just wasn't meant to have a dishwasher in this lifetime. Oh the pain!

Then, Daynen had a friend come over to help with the electrical wiring in the basement and VOILA! he found the problem and FIXED IT. I was ecstatic! THE DISHWASHER CURSE HAD BEEN BROKEN!... or so I thought.

I ran the dishwasher last night and, unfortunately, when as Daynen and his brother Ben were working on the basement this morning, they noticed water coming down the wall and through the ceiling in the laundry room. Yes, the dishwasher curse lives on! Not only is there a bad leak, but it leaked all over my arts and crafts box! Alas, perhaps Debbie is right, I am not meant to have a dishwasher in this life time. Or perhaps, there is a lesson in all this... quality is important, or more likely, I should be doing my dishes every day and not letting them build up.

One day I will have a nice, new dishwasher. Until then, I resolve to learn my lesson and do the dishes every day! Maybe, just maybe, I will lift the dreaded dishwasher curse.