Tim, the Tool Man (never thought I'd say that:)

One of the boys took this picture of Tim the other day. Budding photographers, aren't they?I have to take a minute to applaud my husband. Now, Tim is a very intelligent person. You can ask him how to do something on the computer, or how to translate something in Greek, or where something is in the Bible, and he can usually answer without blinking. He is great. But I never have reffered to him as Mr. Fix-It. Until now.

Our washing machine has been acting funny for awhile now, and we have often talked about getting a new, more energy efficient model. When we came home from my uncle's house on Sunday, I opened the lid of my washer to put the clothes in the dryer, but I found the tub FULL of water. There had been no draining or spinning going on at all. Frustrated, I tried several different settings on the machine, and it flat our refused to spin or drain.

I had recently read a fellow blogger's story about how she and her dh had fixed their refrigerator, so feeling inspired, I googled the problem, finding several possible causes. The easiest problem to fix, it said, was if the lid latch was broken. I didn't think this was the problem, but I tried it out, sticking an ink pen down the lid latch. Sure enough, the machine clicked on and started spinning. Yay! Problem diagnosed. By this time, Tim was putting Kate to bed, it was after 10pm, and I finished the cycle and headed to bed.

The next morning, I told Tim about my discovery and issued the challenge to fix the daggone thing. Bless him, he pretty much had to take the whole thing apart to get to the lid latch. When he did, he discovered that piece A had come unglued from piece B. Since it was Memorial Day, all of the appliance parts stores were closed, and he decided to attempt to Superglue it back together. After letting it dry, I was impressed at how well it held. He put it back where it went, put the machine back together (which of course was the hardest part), and Voila! I have a working washing machine again:) AND, it didn't cost us a dime.

My husband's handyman skills have developed quite nicely! I am so impressed! Thanks, Tim!!!!