Missus bought Opies cocktail cherries. We made snowballs, threw a couple of these into the bottom of the glass and it was like having the best dessert while drinking.
Seeing that we have more available food than is currently being eaten, Mum voiced a reminder to the family, "don't forget to eat all the fruit, people". My niece, aged two and a half, is fighting back tears. "the fruit people?", she squeaks.
They were already extremely happy with their presents they opened in the morning. Nothing elaborate or exorbitant, just things they will enjoy like books, toy camera, pencils etc.
Then they opened the curtains and saw the trampoline and spent 8 hours I reckon jumping until bedtime.
"Sometimes it's better to light a flamethrower than curse the darkness." ― Terry Pratchett
Should be buying my first dishwasher in the next couple of days. The tumble dryer broke a couple of months ago, and now the washing machine is fucked (good - it's the dodgiest one we've ever had). Wife suggested getting a dishwasher for the tumble dryer spot and a washer dryer for the washing machine spot....and it's a genius idea.
Surely my 'all washer dryers are shit and can't wait to go wrong' info is out of date by now? Quite hyped about this. Went to Currys for a wander around yesterday.
If you've got big washes to do (kids, work clothes etc) then a washer dryer can be a pain because you occupy the washer for a good 4 or 5 hours per load. Can make getting through a full basket of laundry even more of a chore.
The tumble dryer ancient, it's probably the belt again but I had a nightmare getting the replacement on last time. The washing machine has a multitude of things wrong with it even when it's working, from not draining to stopping halfway through a cycle to extending a cycle forever to spitting water back out the front. We've had to do an extra spin after every wash for ages. The latest fault on top of those is not taking liquid from the conditioner bit. We had someone in to look at it a year or so back and his professional opinion seemed to be 'it's not fucked, it's just a Beko' - then listed all the functions that are essentially useless on that particular model. A load of bollocks probably (won't drain because the only reliable setting is quick wash, really? This particular Aldi detergent is notorious for firing back out the front as foam, really? The secret numbers say there's nothing wrong with it, really??), but I want it out.
I've got my heart set on a dishwasher now, don't take this away from me. Imperial Leather soap and a hostess trolley next.
It's a life changing move; once you have one you'll never ever be able to go back to a life without one!
There's nothing like opening the door, sliding the dirty dishes and closing it and forgetting about the dirty dishes.....no mess, no smell and you don't even have to dry the dishes too!!
I can imagine. We have an imaginary baton that has to change hands with our turn based washing up system (which we're awful at - the baton is the only enjoyment we get because if you forget to pass it over it's still your turn, so I still end up doing much more washing up. Plus you can wash up 5 or more things and pass the baton back, as long as everything is clean, so it gets tactical. Maybe I'll miss the baton...). It'll have to be small as the alcove is tiny, but I've found a few that will fit.
My wife's always had a slimline dishwasher, it's my turn now.
@Moot I can’t remember exactly where it came from so take it with a pinch of salt but when looking for fridge and washing machine a couple of years ago, everything seemed to indicate that Beko appliances in general are not worth it because of poor build quality.
Yeah. It's a shame because my oven and fridge freezer are Beko too, and they're both barely hanging on (unlike all the buttons on the oven). Never again.
Anything wider won't fit, the tumble dryer it's replacing is smol (w58.5cm max). If you could check Which? for washer dyers that would be great, thanks. That seems like the most important decision to get right.