Yesterday the dryer was making so much noise. Unusual noise. With every turn it was Bang! Bang! I asked my son to please see what the heck was going on in the dryer. He reported back in 5 seconds that he had 2 baseball belts in there and that was what was banging. Mistake #12...believe a 12 year old son who wants to go outside and play and does not want to investigate laundry noises. I believed him. I went to the gym so I wouldn't hear the banging. When I came home I began folding the laundry...and that banging? How about a 8X8 rock? yes! That would definitely make that kind of noise...and remember my purple glasses? They were in there too. Later, after dinner on the patio, I asked this same kid to please bring my cell phone inside because I was going to rinse off the tables and didn't want to get the phone wet. He was carrying all the dishes and so put my cell phone in his baseball pants pocket. Today, I could not find my phone. He said he put it right on the kitchen island and someone must have moved it. He remembered putting it in his uniform pants..they were washed and folded and put away already. After an exhaustive family search ...I found my phone ...in the rubber rim of the washing machine...after 3 loads of wash....in one days wash I washed that rock, my glasses and my phone.
Summer just started.
May I laugh? Please :) I know for you it ain't funny :)
ReplyDeletechime me in, I was rolling on the floor laughing!! I am sure Annmarie you are too, now in retrospect at least! I love this!!
DeleteOh my! What a load of laundry.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how clean the rock was?
DeleteAaaaah! My dear, I am sick for you! Losing a phone is like losing part of your brain! Think of it in that "trouble comes in threes" and you've gotten all yours out of the way for the month......right?
ReplyDeleteWow, what a laundry day
ReplyDeleteheehee.
ReplyDeleteer
sorry.
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Oh, bless your heart! What a mess this turned out to be. I can identify with the phone - did the same to mine one time. Never again! :)
ReplyDeleteNow was your phone really clean after that.
DeleteJust gotta laugh! (otherwise you'd go crazy!)
ReplyDeleteNow that's some different laundry!
ReplyDeleteOh...that's not good! It's funny...and you'll look back one day and laugh...but for now it's not funny! Even though it is :)
ReplyDeleteI would add that rock to my rock collection...but that's just me :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL!! I know I shouldn't laugh but I couldn't help it.
ReplyDeleteAt least your son knew what a washing machine was and where it was located. Our son would have needed a map to find it.
ReplyDeleteSo funny!!
ReplyDeleteToo funny about the phone! And you still love this kid? I think I would like him by the sounds of it.
ReplyDeleteSo sorry, but I have to tell you that I am encouraged that my son is not alone. Enjoy the weekend!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure whether to laugh or cry. Good luck this summer!
ReplyDeletehmm...laundry with adventure....wow....
ReplyDeleteI think it's going to be a very long summer.
ReplyDeleteWow. There's a lot of summer left. Good luck. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, no!!! Of course, my old washer and dryer used to clunk all the time, but there was nothing but clothing in there. The machines themselves liked to clunk.
ReplyDeleteI've washed the tv remote with the bed sheets, twice. Thank goodness for eBay. :)
ReplyDeleteSounds like something I would do!! I misplace my glasses at least three days a day...now I'll know when I've looked everywhere else to check the washing machine. :) Hope you have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteOh Lord, Bless your heart:) and I thought mine was starting off rough, nothing like that has happened..so far:)
ReplyDeleteI don't even know what to say! I'm sorry, and I'm sorry I laughed...
ReplyDeleteI love your commentary on the everyday happenings in life-even if sometimes they are the greatest source of anguish. The good, the bad and the ugly-it's all part of life. God bless the Pipa family.
ReplyDeletePS Dan and Brittany are celebrating Protiviti's 10th year tonight. Hope they have a good time. ;)
This is a horror story to be sure. The moral is...always double check yourself, sad to say! Boys are like that. It's a wonder that huge rock didn't break your machine! We had a light bulb in the washer once...shortly later we got a new one.
ReplyDeleteOh my...sorry about your phone :(
ReplyDeleteOh wow! That stinks about the phone. Boys will be boys I guess.
ReplyDeleteso i'm guessing the phone is not working? i've heard people put them in their oven to dry it out & it works again. my hubby did it when he was using a pager ... but that was years ago. sorry to hear this... i know it must be so frustrating. the summer will get better i know it. big hugs!! (:
ReplyDeleteewwwww! Not good. I've washed plenty of phones myself.
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, this is the story of my life! Washing toys, rocks, occasionally my phone (although that hasn't happened in a while)…what is up with kids storing rocks in their pockets? Lol
ReplyDeleteoh no, I was afraid thats where this was going, boy i have been there!
ReplyDeleteNow my children are in their thirties and I try to remember times like what you described when I wish they small again, it usually works to make me see the joy in having lived through those years, AND SURVIVED, and having adults now for children, ha ha ha.It gets better ,,lets face it, it couldn't get worse, rocks and sunglasses, and phone in washer wow, ha ha , no don't answer that!!!
Tomorrow's another day who know's what surprises it will bring :-).
ReplyDeleteOh the joys of children! What's gunna happen next?
ReplyDeleteFirst I thought you were going to say a cat. Then I thought that there was a large thing like maybe a book. But as soon as you said you asked the same ignoring son, where your phone was? ... yup! Oh, don't you just love how life is so fun all at the same time? hang in there!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh, you can't make this stuff up! Welcome to summer!
ReplyDeleteKathleen
I... don't know what to say....I hope your kids live through the summer.
ReplyDeleteOh my, I do not know what to say...I am imagining my new, cost too much, phone, being washed..Oh boy, do you still have the same number of children? xo
ReplyDeleteWow, some load of laundry. How is the washing machine and/or dryer? Bonnie
ReplyDeleteI can so relate to this post, but it wasn't my cell phone we found in the washing machine one day but my son's (dead) pet snake. He didn't tell us that it had gotten out of it's cage. Have a great summer and remember to check those pockets!
ReplyDelete>>> Jones family, I can pretty much guarantee you that I would rather find my son's dead snake in my washing machine than find my son's LIVE snake anywhere in my house!! (If I had a son! And if he had a snake!!)
DeleteLuckily my son is just about to turn five this summer and he leaves stones still in the garden or on my bookshelf.
ReplyDeletePlease have a good weekend.
Is it still working? smile..
ReplyDeleteWe didn't have that problem when our son was little. It's a good thing,I would have gone gray a lot sooner than I did.
ReplyDeleteOk not funny about the phone but at the same time so bloody funny kids grrrrrrrr and a boy kid you know he will grow into on of those men grrrrrrrrrrrrr.........lol But you just have to love them and hug them because if you didn't you would want to throttle them......lol
ReplyDeleteYikes!
ReplyDeleteOh boy...hilarious, although at your expense. Was the washer damaged at all? I hope you can replace your phone! Thanks for linking up!
ReplyDeleteThat's funny, just because it didn't happen to me. Sounds like a 12 year old needs to do laundry for a while...
ReplyDeleteTwo summers ago, to took my favorite cell phone swimming. Reddy (I do not usually name phones) was dead--I loved the phone.
ReplyDeleteOh, no!!! Did the dryer survive... at least?
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness!!! LOL!
ReplyDeletebut does the phone still work??? :)
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh! I thought the rocks and legos in my dryer were bad, lol. That's quite a story! I have heard that putting your phone in a ziploc with rice for 3 days works.
ReplyDeletebless your heart!
ReplyDeleteMy cell phone was washed in a pair of baseball pants last summer! Less than a month after I got a new phone, too. I've washed drill bits, screws, and nails by the hundreds. Pens, Legos, etc, etc. And I've seen smaller, but never an 8 x 8 rock... or my glasses!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Day One! xo Diana
ReplyDeleteHilarious!
ReplyDeleteYou should be a reality show. I would definitely tune in :)
ReplyDeleteOh no!!! :(
ReplyDeleteI hate to admit it, but I couldn't help but grin as I read about your day doing laundry. Just think of the exciting summer days ahead.
ReplyDeletelol, laughing with you, not at you, lol
ReplyDeleteOh No!!!!!!!!! I hate when this happens to me.
ReplyDeleteOh no, what a disastrous wash day! I accidentally left my cell phone in my jeans pocket one time and it got washed with the jeans. Someone told me to take the phone apart (battery, memory card) and put them in a bowl of rice and cover them with the rice. Leave them in the rice for 24 to 48 hours and the rice will absorb moisture from the phone parts. The battery might not make it, but you can buy a replacement battery online for a reasonable price.
ReplyDeleteMy pet hate, things left in pockets in the laundry. Husband recently left the new tax disc for his car in his pocket (has to be displayed by law) I washed it and it disintegrated and that was somehow my fault. Fortunately though, he frequently leaves money in pockets and that is then mine!
ReplyDeleteThat's too much in one day! I've washed paper money in my time and quite a few small dolls but so far the phone has survived. Funny story! Hope your phone was insured.
ReplyDeleteOh that is a scene from our house!! Stones, nails, sweet wrappers (which were hidden in pockets as said child was told no he couldn't have sweets/crisps etc)you name it I wash and dry it!!
ReplyDeleteHope you managed to sort the mobile phone though, thats an expensive wash!
Ugh!!!!
ReplyDeleteUgh, I hope your phone can recover.
ReplyDeleteOMG....i better check my pockets when i get home...just saying...that was a huge rock!!! glad it did not take out the glasses...or the cell phone...
ReplyDeleteYour stories are killing me here. And I was so happy you had purple glasses. Did you find your phone by calling it. (I do that all the time when I can't find it.) Would have been hilarious to hear the washer ringing.
ReplyDeleteHappy summer girl.
An 8 inch rock? Geez. I can't imagine doing laundry for 8 kids plus.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness! What a day you had! Did anyone own up to putting the rock in the dryer?
ReplyDelete♥charlotte
And your dryer still works? LOL what a day you have had! You need a break!
ReplyDeletePS I have a son that I think has selective hearing.
Love your blog will be following you from now on. Thank you so much for your recent comment on my blog!
Blessings, Joanne
Yaikes! I had hubby's headphones washed, too. It still worked though.
ReplyDeleteMaybe the fone and purple glasses would like to be replaced. just maybe :)
Delightful story. And, oh how I relate. I am the oldest of thirteen siblings and the laundry was always one of my jobs when school was out. I will spare you the list of what I would find in the pockets of my brothers on laundry day.
ReplyDeleteThat is funny! I hope your cell phone survived! Thanks for stopping by my site.I am your newest follower.
ReplyDeleteOh my dear! I had my mouth open. I have to be honest, but I laughed! I know it's not funny to lose a phone but... Your son is a classic!
ReplyDeleteSpanish Pinay
Oh boy! My phone was washed and it didn't survive. :( Hope things don't continue like this all summer. :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! Children and checking all pockets at laundry time is a must!
ReplyDeleteAnnmarie, I appreciate the fact that you're a mom to 8! Yikes...and this was damage done by only one of them... Kids are amazing but they definitely can drive you crazy. I remember my son getting sick after partying too much...and leaving a present for us in his wastebasket. On the other hand, he just graduated from law school. Best yet, he and his wife handed us a check for the loan we made him plus interest! Never give up...there is hope! Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteWhen I think that way back when, my wife and I wanted 6 children. We had 3, lost one, but the two we had were enough. I can't imagine 8. I hate to snicker at your plight, but it was funny, anyway. (Especially since it didn't happen to me.) I did have to take up the toilet once to rescue a G I Joe action figure which "accidentally" fell in!
ReplyDeleteMoral of the story - always check the pockets of your kids pants before starting the wash. So sorry your glasses and phone went through the wash. These are the stories that when told years later will be funny.
ReplyDeleteDanielle
Oh no!
ReplyDeleteWhat a story! I am always crazy with my phone having to know where it is at all times Especially being a smartphone Hope you had that insurance on it that we never want to purchase!!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you! Lovely blog you have hear -- very funny stories. Look forward to reading more of them.
ReplyDeleteLOL - that tops me dropping my phone into the toilet. hands down...
ReplyDeleteOh boys! I guess this is what I have to look forward too!
ReplyDeleteClean rock.
ReplyDeleteShining phone
And smudge free glasses. What more could you want.
*snicker*
What a hoot! Hope the glasses and the phone survived! I have a dryer story too...you never know what you'll find.
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Come for a quick visit, if you have time. :-) God bless you and your summer!
Ha, Ha, Ha....never a dull minute in your home!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a day! There is never a dull moment on your blog. Ha ha, am sorry about your phone and dryer but I must admit, this is a very funny story.
ReplyDeleteRule #1: Mommies do the investigating of strange noises and children do the nothingness of not doing the investigating lol
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog :) Oh that's funny...your poor phone, ha ha!
ReplyDeleteat least it wasn't a kid tumbling around in there... :) thanks for visiting my blog! following you back.
ReplyDeleteOh dear! Poor cellphone and glasses! :O
ReplyDeleteooooooo the things that happens in the dryer. smh.
ReplyDeleteHahahhahahaah, i love your son!:-)
ReplyDeleteWould you like to follow eachother with gfc and i'll follow you with linky followers?
Love Justine:-)
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That was a funny post to read, but not so funny for you :)
ReplyDeletegladly follow u, honey!
ReplyDeleteOuch! Sorry about your phone. BOys!
ReplyDeleteI've never washed a rock (stones, yes) or a phone but I did wash and dry crayons and lipstick.....several times. What a mess!
ReplyDeleteHope the dryer is ok.....phone, probably not =/
Oh no!!!! I am sorry to hear of these accidental washings!
ReplyDeleteYIKES! That's a lotta extra stuff to wash! Hope the phone made it thru without having to be replaced:( HUGS and just clothes in the washer from now on!
ReplyDeleteGlad both your washer AND dryer are still working after that! Hope you're having a nice weekend!
ReplyDeleteThat's a lot of non-clothing to end up in the washer!
ReplyDeleteHopefully you don't have any other odd items washed this summer- just clothes! Hope the phone still works- I have to imagine the glasses are scratched...
ReplyDelete~Jess
But does the phone still work??
ReplyDeleteYou just turned laundry into rock and roll, baby!!
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh... your life... I swear...
ReplyDelete:)
Oh my!! LOL!! Can't believe it! LOL! Something I would do!! LOL!
ReplyDeleteWow! You poor thing! Try putting your phone in a bowl of rice for a day or so. That's supposed to absorb all the water and it may work. Good luck.
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh, forgive me but I laughed out loud when i read this. Thank you for sharing at the Thursday Favorite Things hop. xo
ReplyDeleteLOL That was hilarious! I can not begin to tell you how many times I have washed my husband`s wallet! LOL Enjoy your summer sis:)
ReplyDeleteEEk - if it wasn't so awful it would be hilarious! Is that child grounded for life or are you a forgiving Mom? Sorry, but I am still chuckling!
ReplyDeleteI'm a new follower from Monday Mingle, following you back. I can't wait to read more here!
Huge green hugs,
Pat
WOW, a rock in a hard place (but NOT your glasses) Sorry about your phone and hope is is well by now.
ReplyDeletehaha yikes! That's a lot of random things in your washer haha. I hope your phone is okay!
ReplyDeleteThis really made me smile but I hope the phone is OK!! It was lovely to see that you found my blog and had decided to follow. Thank you!!
ReplyDeleteI'm delighted to be following you now.
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LOL! Oh I'm sorry I can't help but laugh.
ReplyDeleteThank you for becoming a follower, I am following in return.
Have a great day!
Oh my, I guess the phone survived as you did not say otherwise.
ReplyDeleteDon't you just love children...I currently have no washing machine due to my son leaving his bank card in his pocket which is now shredded and blocking the pipes...what I have is a machine full of dirty water and the repair man can't make it for another week!!
ReplyDeleteLesson learnt....check everyone's pockets from now on!!
Yep, I've learned the hard way to check every single pocket (shirts included) when doing the laundry. Just 2 months ago a mini bottle of bath and body works lotion went through the wash. The clothes were ok after another washing though, thankfully!
ReplyDeletetoo funny. i don't mind the clanging (ok, i do, but...) it's the kleenex that gets left in the pockets of my BLACK loads that really gets to me!
ReplyDelete[oomph.]
HAHAHAHA
ReplyDeleteOh, I should not be laughing. Your poor phone. Oh, do you see you see better with your 'cleaner' glasses?
oh, the snippets of life that make me go back to your blog each time. :-)
People used to wash clothes on rocks..did they come out any cleaner?
ReplyDeleteGosh, how did someone have a rock in their pocket and not know it? Anyways, I guess you'll be getting a new phone. Don't feel bad, I washed my point & shoot camera before and I was the one who left it in my pocket.
ReplyDeleteHoly buckets! An 8x8 ROCK??? That is just crazy!
ReplyDeleteI've washed and dried lipstick, not a good thing!!! Sorry about your phone! Thanks for stopping by and following, I'm a follower of your. Laura
ReplyDeleteHi!
ReplyDeleteI found your blog very interesting and I think you do a great job! A lot of inspiration for myself!
I would like to keep in touch with you.
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Hahaha too funny! Sorry about your phone and glasses but thank you for the laugh :)
ReplyDeleteSo funny!!!
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OH MY GOSH your washer and dryer have sure been busy!
ReplyDeleteOh no!
ReplyDeleteoh my gosh!! hahahaa! You shouldn't be so good at keeping up on laundry--that's my secret ;)
ReplyDeletelol XD
ReplyDeletei guess when i become a mom in 5 years or something i will already know a lot of your tricks!
The computer tech in me would say take the back and battery out/off of phone. Put phone in a bag of uncooked rice, seal tightly, leave there for several days. As long as there were no soldered connections broken and the screen did not rack, it should work when you reassemble it. ;)
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing what ends up in the washing machine. I love it. So glad you can laugh. I have a track phone so it is not a huge calamity when it is washed, misplaced or ends up in the bathtub.
ReplyDeleteMy son lost his glasses. We searched for a week. Finally found them at the bottom of the pool. Squashed of course.
Lucky rock, got a cleaned thoroughly. Haha. I have this habit of searching for pockets on my pants before loading them on the washing machine.
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