Our dishwasher does grumbly cranky things when it starts. It's a dingy white beat up gear grinder that we've been struggling through with because we didn't want to buy a new one, just yet. It's getting to the point to where it doesn't entirely wash things well. Recently, Russell busted a wheel on it, so one of the racks sticks, and generally, it's a POS.

So today, we went to Home Depot, expecting to buy sprinkler heads and chicken fencing. Out front, they were selling discounted appliances. We bought a brand new Maytag washer (a couple small scratches on the front) for $219. It was originally twice that.

What's spiffy is that it's black, so it'll match the rest of the kitchen appliances and because it's a maytag, it's a fancy appliance for making our house worth more. Whee! I'm also fairly sure we can just replace the banged up panel on the front, if we get itchy about it. For now, I'm perfectly happy with it.