A Washing Machine

Today, we got a semi-automatic washing machine! I was ok with hand-washing until we ran out of the disposable diapers we brought with us and went back to cloth diapers at the beginning of the week. That was a bit more than I had bargained for...

And, of course, it arrived on top of a taxi.

Semi-automatic may not sound so appealing to you: 1. fill washer (eventually, it will be hooked up to water, but for now, we fill it by bucket) 2. Add clothes and soap. Turn on to wash. 3. Flip a switch after the wash cycle is done to drain the washer. 4. Refill the maching. 5. Turn on washer to rinse clothes 6. After rinse cycle, flip a switch to drain. 7. Move clothes from the washing compartment to the spin compartment. Put lid on, snap shut top. 8. Flip switch so the water drains out of the spinning compartment 9. Set spin timer 10. When the spinning is done, you are free to hang the clothes out on the line.

But, after washing diapers by hand, semi-automatic is WONDERFUL! Especially with a family of 6.