I think I found my new home!

[WernherVonTrapp]

If you have a friend or relative who has an adjustable "hole-saw", that will work on poking clean holes through the desk. You just pop it on the end of a cordless drill. Works like a charm.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by WernherVonTrapp

If you have a friend or relative who has an adjustable "hole-saw", that will work on poking clean holes through the desk. You just pop it on the end of a drill. Works like a charm.

Cool, I'll have to check with my brother-in-law. I know he's got a drill and a bunch of different stuff that goes with it.

Come to think of it a power drill is probably something I should think about getting for myself.

[Wolferz]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Cool, I'll have to check with my brother-in-law. I know he's got a drill and a bunch of different stuff that goes with it.

Come to think of it a power drill is probably something I should think about getting for myself.

DeWalt makes a good one.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Wolferz

DeWalt makes a good one.

So I've heard. But I bought a Bosch.

Actually looked online last night and this morning, found a small but highly rated one at Lowe's that was in stock with a price that had dropped from $149 to $99. There was only one left when I got there so maybe it was something that was being discontinued, I don't know. Anyway it looks quite sturdy and works but is small and light enough that it will be very handy for lots of jobs around the place. They also had a set of compatible screwdriver bits on sale, so I got that since that's likely the thing I'll end up using it for the most.

Then I found some 2" desk grommets and a hole saw for the drill to make the necessary 2" holes. And checked with the guy in the tool department to make sure everything in my basket would actually work with everything else. So now all I need is someone to show me how to do the job without destroying the desk, my condo, or myself. I don't think I should be making my first foray into the wonderful world of power tools without adult supervision.

That was my early morning taken care of, then I headed over to the condo with a carload of stuff I'd packed from the kitchen and started unpacking that and putting things away. Decided to give the old dishwasher a try on the utensils and some other stuff I was unpacking and that was... interesting. My best friend and I went to the store yesterday and got stuff for it but apparently the little "pods" of premeasured detergent I bought are just too much for the thing. I loaded it and started it up and then was standing right next to it at the sink handwashing some other things when I started feeling rather damp in the foot department. I thought to myself, what a slob you are, can't wash a few dishes without slopping water out of the sink and down onto the floor...

...but then I looked down and saw that what I was standing in was a growing puddle of suds that was overflowing out of the dishwasher.

I turned it off and put some towels down and called my sister, who told me it was probably just too much detergent in the machine since, thankfully, it wasn't water gushing out - just suds!

So I had to turn it back on and just let it overflow and sop it up until it stopped and the machine finally drained. Now I don't know what to put in there as far as detergent, I'll guess I'll try cutting one of the little "pods" in half and try again and put some towels down just in case.

I also got all the parts and pieces of the desk and file cabinet laid out and made sure I had everything. Was gonna start putting some of it together but then it got overcast and rained all afternoon so, again, I didn't have enough light in that room to work by without it being a strain.

But I did my first loads of laundry in my new place! Yay! No more hoarding quarters to make sure I've got enough to do laundry every week. I debated lugging my laundry over there but it turned out to be a good thing, if I hadn't I wouldn't have had the big towels on hand to deal with my dishwasher mishap.

And I got the carpet cleaned in the big bedroom and part of the upstairs hallway. So all in all, it was a good day.

[Onkel Neal]

Nice, I love the writeups, this is very exciting.

BTW, I am sure you know this, but if you use anything other than dishwasher detergent in your dishwasher, the results will be similar to what you described. You may want to try some plain old dishwasher detergent.

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

Nice, I love the writeups, this is very exciting.

BTW, I am sure you know this, but if you use anything other than dishwasher detergent in your dishwasher, the results will be similar to what you described. You may want to try some plain old dishwasher detergent.

Well, that's the brandthat my best friend recommended so Cascade was what I bought but I had to go all high tech and get the fancy little premeasured things. I am gonna try cutting them in half, most of the loads I'll be doing in the near future will be to wash all the new dishes I have and give stuff that's been packed a quick cleaning before putting it away. So I won't mind having *less* detergent going in there, nothing I'm washing will be dirty from actual use.

And yes, my sister's already reminded me of the time she got a similar call from my brother-in-law who decided to run the dishwasher when he was home alone and, finding that they were out of the "usual" stuff they put in it, filled the little dispensing chamber all the way up from the bottle of Dawn sitting next to the kitchen sink. Suds ahoy!

I'll have to remember to start taking pictures as things develop. I still haven't gotten used to the fact that my newish phone has a halfway decent camera on it, lol.

[Onkel Neal]

Too late, I wanted to see the floor with the suds....

[WernherVonTrapp]

Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Decided to give the old dishwasher a try on the utensils and some other stuff I was unpacking and that was... interesting. My best friend and I went to the store yesterday and got stuff for it but apparently the little "pods" of premeasured detergent I bought are just too much for the thing. I loaded it and started it up and then was standing right next to it at the sink handwashing some other things when I started feeling rather damp in the foot department. I thought to myself, what a slob you are, can't wash a few dishes without slopping water out of the sink and down onto the floor...

...but then I looked down and saw that what I was standing in was a growing puddle of suds that was overflowing out of the dishwasher.

I turned it off and put some towels down and called my sister, who told me it was probably just too much detergent in the machine since, thankfully, it wasn't water gushing out - just suds!

So I had to turn it back on and just let it overflow and sop it up until it stopped and the machine finally drained. Now I don't know what to put in there as far as detergent, I'll guess I'll try cutting one of the little "pods" in half and try again and put some towels down just in case.

That happened to me once, sort of. Early morning, wasn't fully awake, accidently put clothing detergent in dishwasher, sit down to watch the morning news, see soap suds rounding the corner into the living room. I spent the whole morning mopping up and sopping up.