Washing machines amaze me....

Really it's true. I am fascinated that I can stick a bunch of dirty clothes in a machine, it fills up with water, shakes around the water and the clothes, and drains the water, and then poof my clothes are clean! Seriously! Think about all the time I save by not having to scrub my clothes. I just wonder how the machine does it with out so much scrubbing. What happens between the clothes and water and soap going in, and the end? Does it have magical hands that come out to clean the clothes? I'm just fascinated.



Seeing how much time the washing machine saves me makes me really appreciate the machine. I have great respect for it. I can turn on the machine, walk away, and then 45 minutes later my clothes are clean. I can read a book while it happening, watch a movie/TV, or now I do it while I'm working. Thank you Sojourner House. We do not have laundry facilities at out house so I get one of those fun carts that and put my laundry bag in. Take it on the bus...which is a struggle let me tell you...and then can load it in the machines at work. It's great and free! My other housemates have to pay for laundry at the Laundromat. It's figured into our monthly paychecks.

Why don't they make a space on the bus for people with strollers and carts? It's such a struggle for mothers to take their kids in a stroller on the bus, and such a hassle when you have the laundry cart. The route I take is crowded and busy, no matter what time of day I take the bus. There should be an open space in the back of the bus for strollers and carts. Just make the accordion style bus, and don't have the seats in the second part. Just have areas to stand with the carts and strollers. Yesterday, I brought laundry to work and the bus was crowded when I got on. There was already a woman with a stroller on the bus, and I couldn't get through with the cart. This woman who was already sitting, then decided to tell me that she was getting off in a couple of stops and I couldn't stand there. I literally could not move. I was almost falling over because I didn't have anything to hold on to because of the motion of the bus. She then proceeded to lift up my cart, put it on top of the seat, and then I had to hold on to it so that she could get off the bus....10 minutes later. It was pretty hysterical to see me on the bus, holding onto a cart for dear life because this woman was getting off the bus in 10 minutes. Exactly the reason, we need accordion style buses with no seats in the back so that strollers and carts can go there. It would make the laundry bus trip so much easier. Maybe I will style the bus, and sell it to the MBTA and then I could make a lot of money and work for a nonprofit and support myself. Now that's a concept!

The book this time is: Wanda'a Washing Machine (Anna Mcquinn and Jan McCafferty)