i don't know what to call this post

last night we made our way to a wholesale appliance place. unfortunately, we are in need of a new clothes washer and a new dishwasher. (i don't really know who says "clothes washer," but i felt the need to differentiate.) it took some restraint to not go ahead and get the new dryer as well so my delivery could be a shiny, new complete set. but, we decided to keep our current dryer and only replace the piece of junk washer that came with the house. it's seriously from 1960. the dryer is newer. anywhooz. it was a quick trip and we found what we wanted in no time. correction: we found what we wanted that was in our price range. who knew you could have appliance envy? maybe someday i'll have a w/d set that costs like $3,000. do the clothes come out ironed and folded?

i'm sure you probably don't care about this family purchase, but i wanted to blog these pics from our adventure. this place doesn't have AC, so i was dreading it... but i knew it would be no biggie with the kids. we went there for our oven/microwave during the renovation and olivia loved it. she just runs all over the place sweating to death with super high power fans blowing on her from every direction. i know what you're thinking. sounds awesome!!!

i asked for a "cheese" and this is what i got. 

these pictures do not adequately reflect how much she was sweating.

somebody else did NOT like the no AC situation. at all.

"hi folks. can i help you find something today?"

here's a project we finally finished this week. in reality it took a total of only a few hours but we just kept putting it off. i don't have a before picture, but they were an ugly cream color with no seats at all. that's what was holding us up. had to find the weekend energy/time to cut the wood. done and done!