Faux Paux No. 1
Posted by Michele Barber on Friday, July 6, 2012
Ohh yea, I remember now....after the "bad" deed is done. No doing laundry after 9 pm! Well, you see with so much sunlight still out in this part of the world.....well....I didn't realize it was so late. Yes, I got caught doing laundry after 9 pm yesterday. It wasn't just a little after nine, but a whole lot after nine! More like laundry finished around 10:30 pm. I actually thought my laundry would be done before nine o'clock, but alas it took 2 hours to finish up! Not only that but I also forgot how much noise the washer can make on the spin cycle! Oh, my goodness, I thought a LARGE Jet plane was trying to take off from my bathroom!

Well, to go on with the story, at about 10:15 either someone came and rang our doorbell or the telephone rang. I'm not sure which it was. I was upstairs and both were downstairs and Hunter was in the bathroom. I couldn't send Hunter down to answer the door/phone. He couldn't even hear the buzzing. I wasn't going to holler at him for fear of the one trying to get our attention. Needless to say, I did not answer the door or the phone. I sat really still in my room and did not move. Finally the noise went away. And about 15 minutes later the laundry finished. The next morning we did not go outside until afternoon and we did not check our mailbox for any angry messages. I guess we'll have to do that tomorrow. Ach! I do not like to upset the neighbors and yet here we've done so first thing. I guess in one sense that is a good thing, because we can plead ignorance to some degree. :) Today laundry will be done before 9 pm (or in Germany 2100 hour)!