After finding the heating element online I finally fixed the dryer! The heating element was $20 cheaper then the local appliance shops! I like to stay local but not if I can save as much as it would cost to fill my jeeps gas tank...ok maybe not fill it but at least half way filled!
Luckily the company I bought it from has super fast shipping! I had the part in 2 days (it was free shipping too) and the dryer fixed the same day the part arrived! I had already checked all the fuses to make sure the fuses weren't the reason the element went out! Since they were good to go I replaced the heating element and tried it out!
I still am using the umbrella line dryer (in the house of course!) but the extra couple minutes in the dryer once the clothes are dry are heaven! The clothes get fluffed up and nice and warm on these cold days that are only going to get colder! I also figured out since the clothes are already dry I only need to set the dryer to UNDER the 10 minute timed dry! So I won't need to use the dryer very much!
The only downfall since I fixed the dryer is last month of not using the heating element on the dryer we saved $5 on our electricity bill! Maybe I can keep that up by only using the dryer for a couple minutes a load!?!?
Tuesday, October 15, 2013
i.glide.me/join spam alert text
I always get random text messages from numbers telling me to sign up for their "free cash" or their loans. I usually just ignore and delete! Well a couple weeks ago I receive a text from a familiar number for i.glide.me I didn't click on the link but instead looked up i.glide. Turns out its an actual program for video messaging or something similar. The problem is, is that the person who "sent" the text didn't even know that she sent it. What happens is anybody who installs the i.glide app from the apple store or the google playstore automatically gives the app permission to send out a massive text to ALL contacts on their phone list. Just like the same message I received about trying it or join me on i.glide.
The problem is, is the unsuspecting people who download it, don't read the fine print that says the app WILL send a text to ALL of their contacts! So when that happens it sends a link to your contact list with a text then those people download and get MORE text sent to contacts. It's the never ending spam chain!
Next time you get a text with a link with an app or website. Check first if it's really being sent by the person or if its an app sending it. Sometimes it could even be a virus doing the same spam text just like in email messages when they say don't click links well don't if its a text either!
The problem is, is the unsuspecting people who download it, don't read the fine print that says the app WILL send a text to ALL of their contacts! So when that happens it sends a link to your contact list with a text then those people download and get MORE text sent to contacts. It's the never ending spam chain!
Next time you get a text with a link with an app or website. Check first if it's really being sent by the person or if its an app sending it. Sometimes it could even be a virus doing the same spam text just like in email messages when they say don't click links well don't if its a text either!
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Taking out the cabinet (hubby was alittle shocked!)
Having a small house I wanted to get as much room out of it as possible! There is this small alcove area by the kitchen that I think was used for dishes maybe? On one of the days hubby was at work...I got to work! He was a bit surprised to see what I'd done!
The picture is a little fuzzy but you get the idea! I figured it was a built in cabinet for dishes or something! But its not being used for much but a holder! So after taking the top off (which was a pain) I realized...it wasn't built in but set in!
All the years of packing kids, grocery bags and laundry came into effect.....I pulled out the cabinet!
LOOK its the floors again! I think they are enticing me to rip up the old brown carpet! Yep its a 60's house love the green?!? I wasn't sure what to do with the space at the moment so I just stuck the cat tree there! EVENTUALLY I want to build our desk into it! It is a small space but I think it can be managed!
Of course since then I actually took the cat tree out and just but in a small bookcase and painted the walls!
The picture is a little fuzzy but you get the idea! I figured it was a built in cabinet for dishes or something! But its not being used for much but a holder! So after taking the top off (which was a pain) I realized...it wasn't built in but set in!
All the years of packing kids, grocery bags and laundry came into effect.....I pulled out the cabinet!
LOOK its the floors again! I think they are enticing me to rip up the old brown carpet! Yep its a 60's house love the green?!? I wasn't sure what to do with the space at the moment so I just stuck the cat tree there! EVENTUALLY I want to build our desk into it! It is a small space but I think it can be managed!
Of course since then I actually took the cat tree out and just but in a small bookcase and painted the walls!
A couple projects I did on our house!
Back in the 1960's they built houses pretty well! Ours is a 1968 so far its pretty solid and we've lived here almost 10 years and it has a couple hidden gems! For some reason back in 2012 I caught the "see what I can do with the inside of the house bug"! Well my bug started out small and grew quickly! I think it came from having painted the living room and the outside of the house!
The first project with a little help was the awful fireplace wood box that attached to the rest of the fireplace. It's great to hold my fish tank but a pain how much space it took up.
Of course I grabbed the camera AFTER taking the top piece off! But its sitting on the left side. The white colored walls used to be dark brown wood grain looking!
The first project with a little help was the awful fireplace wood box that attached to the rest of the fireplace. It's great to hold my fish tank but a pain how much space it took up.
Of course I grabbed the camera AFTER taking the top piece off! But its sitting on the left side. The white colored walls used to be dark brown wood grain looking!
We didn't realize that it was a box that you would lift off the lid and
get the wood from underneath and it was connected to the garage by an
opening in the wall! Of course the box hasn't been used in over 10 years so someone before us decided to seal it down!! That was fun to get off! I had hubby help me with the sledgehammer since they LOVE to use the big tools to destroy stuff! (I do too!)
Tadaaaa! The kids even helped to haul all the bricks outside!! It even makes the room bigger. I ended up getting a small fishtank cabinet and putting it there!
BUT what is this..NO way hardwood floors underneath! YES! Dun dun duuun! Next project is forming!!!! But with 3 kids, 2 dogs, 3 cats and 2 ferrets I didn't think hardwood floors would make it through this family! To be continued....
Monday, October 7, 2013
Tinker momma!
Most of the time I am the fixer/tinker in the house. Hubby is a hardworking provider so I started a couple years ago to fix things myself! He doesn't like to have to fix things around the house but for some strange reason I love to (It may be genetic, my dad is quite the fixer! I think I took after him!)! Don't get me wrong hubby will fix it or help me out but most of the time I like to do it myself!
Since the dryer went on strike and decided to stop heating this momma took matters into her own hands! After taking off the panel on the back of the dryer I took off the heating element and sure enough it has a broken coil! From the advice of my dad he said to make sure I check the fuses and thermostats to make sure they were still good. If they aren't good sometimes they can fry the heating element! After testing the fuses and thermostat with my multimeter this morning I can say I think they are good! So I am going to order a new heating element this morning so I can get the dryer fixed and maybe use it once in awhile! I'm starting to like line drying in the house! Of course hubby brought up a good whatif, what if we needed something dry right now or sooner then the line can dry!
Luckily the heating element ONLY cost $40! I can't image what it would of cost if I had to get a repairman! OR end up just buying a new dryer! YIKES! Once I get the heating element I'll have to show you how everything goes back together!
Since the dryer went on strike and decided to stop heating this momma took matters into her own hands! After taking off the panel on the back of the dryer I took off the heating element and sure enough it has a broken coil! From the advice of my dad he said to make sure I check the fuses and thermostats to make sure they were still good. If they aren't good sometimes they can fry the heating element! After testing the fuses and thermostat with my multimeter this morning I can say I think they are good! So I am going to order a new heating element this morning so I can get the dryer fixed and maybe use it once in awhile! I'm starting to like line drying in the house! Of course hubby brought up a good whatif, what if we needed something dry right now or sooner then the line can dry!
Luckily the heating element ONLY cost $40! I can't image what it would of cost if I had to get a repairman! OR end up just buying a new dryer! YIKES! Once I get the heating element I'll have to show you how everything goes back together!
Friday, October 4, 2013
I love gadgets!
My name is Jeepnmomma and I'm a gadget addict! I love all types of gadgets! My favorite one was a couple years ago which was my Amazon Kindle 3 my hubby bought me for my birthday! Love it but of course me being a gadget lover I started looking at the Amazon's New Kindle Fire, I already knew I loved my Kindle 3 so with all the added features I was wanting one! After waiting a year or so after first discovering the Kindle fire hd I finally bought one in July 2013! I have to say I'm loving it!
At the time I bought it I also paid for the Amazon Prime membership I've never bought any type of movie/tv internet type subscriptions before either! With the added feature of Amazon prime I am hooked!
On the lazy days where hubby gets a day off and the kiddos are in school, we get to watch a "big kid" movie! Since I have the Amazon prime app on my xbox 360 we get to watch the movie/tv shows on the big tv! IF the movie happens to run into the time the kiddos get home, we can go in our room and finish watching the movie on the Kindle Fire (of course after we get the kiddos fed and chores started).
Not sure what my next gadget will be but so far the Kindle Fire Hd has my full attention still (and that's a big feat!)
At the time I bought it I also paid for the Amazon Prime membership I've never bought any type of movie/tv internet type subscriptions before either! With the added feature of Amazon prime I am hooked!
On the lazy days where hubby gets a day off and the kiddos are in school, we get to watch a "big kid" movie! Since I have the Amazon prime app on my xbox 360 we get to watch the movie/tv shows on the big tv! IF the movie happens to run into the time the kiddos get home, we can go in our room and finish watching the movie on the Kindle Fire (of course after we get the kiddos fed and chores started).
Not sure what my next gadget will be but so far the Kindle Fire Hd has my full attention still (and that's a big feat!)
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Dryer went on strike!
Over the summer we went to a garage sale and picked up a nice stand alone line dryer! The ones that look like an inside out umbrella. I think they are even called an umbrella line dryer!
I was so excited since I've been wanting one for a while now! Hubby set it out on our little deck in the back of the house and I was set! Went and bought some clothes pins (the kiddos think they are called paper clips) and all summer I hauled out the clothes to the deck paper clipped them on and tossed them in the dryer after they were done drying! The dryer is nice to help fluff them back up or if I accidentally left the clothes out to long the dryer was nice to get them unstiffened (is that even a word?!?!?).
SO of course in the great wet state of Oregon (AKA the rain forest) we already were getting tons of nasty rain by mid September! NO more outside drying for me. Of course right when I decided that, the dryer went on strike and no longer heats! It spins but that's about it! I hauled in the line dryer into the already tiny one butt kitchen and kept line drying but now the clothes take twice as long to dry! It is kind of hard to dry multiple loads of laundry on one drying rake that only holds one load of clothes!
Now to the dilemma at hand (we always have dilemmas here, I just have to focus on one at a time!) I figured with having to start using the pellet stove I'd be set to help dry the clothes on the drying rake problem is, is the drying rake is in the kitchen and the pellet stove is in the small living room! Darn what to do what to do! My solution....buy a mobile smaller drying rake!! Found them on amazon that are heavy duty too!
Now I just have to get one!
I was so excited since I've been wanting one for a while now! Hubby set it out on our little deck in the back of the house and I was set! Went and bought some clothes pins (the kiddos think they are called paper clips) and all summer I hauled out the clothes to the deck paper clipped them on and tossed them in the dryer after they were done drying! The dryer is nice to help fluff them back up or if I accidentally left the clothes out to long the dryer was nice to get them unstiffened (is that even a word?!?!?).
SO of course in the great wet state of Oregon (AKA the rain forest) we already were getting tons of nasty rain by mid September! NO more outside drying for me. Of course right when I decided that, the dryer went on strike and no longer heats! It spins but that's about it! I hauled in the line dryer into the already tiny one butt kitchen and kept line drying but now the clothes take twice as long to dry! It is kind of hard to dry multiple loads of laundry on one drying rake that only holds one load of clothes!
Now to the dilemma at hand (we always have dilemmas here, I just have to focus on one at a time!) I figured with having to start using the pellet stove I'd be set to help dry the clothes on the drying rake problem is, is the drying rake is in the kitchen and the pellet stove is in the small living room! Darn what to do what to do! My solution....buy a mobile smaller drying rake!! Found them on amazon that are heavy duty too!
Now I just have to get one!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Going it homemade....
It is always fascinating when I go to the store and see all the prices of normal everyday items I need to have to keep this family of 5 going! Having to do at least 2 loads of laundry a day ends up costing a fortune. Luckily for me (and you) I love searching the internet for ways to save on everyday items!
I started my homemade venture by making laundry detergent from the huge gallons of liquid soap to powdered concentrate!
After a year I FINALLY found the one I think I'll be using forever...hopefully!
BUT if you'd like to try it and of course there is always a grater involved here ya go!
I always wear my dust/painters mask since the detergent seems to get a little dusty in some of the steps.
Recipe ingredients:
1 bar zote laundry soap (open it and set it out for a few days or weeks it will dry out and you can grate it better)
2 Cups borax
2 Cups washing soda
2 Cups oxi clean type powder (i've been loving the dirty jobs oxi clean)
Turn on the tv and grate the soap bar (You can use a food processor since I don't have one I use a small zester grater)
Add the grated soap in a Large bowl with the borax and washing soda. Mix well. Make sure your mask is in place because it can get a little dusty. For the ingredients to really mix up well and the soap to get as small as it can be to dissolve in even cold water, I had to get out my old ultimate chopper. You can also use a blender!
Add a cup at a time to get it mixed up and then add it all back in to the bowl. I usually have two bowls. Add in your oxi clean! Mix it all up and put it in an old container. I have used an old oxi clean container or even a small bucket will work.
Use 2 Tbs. in each load. I put the detergent in the bottom of the washer then add clothes.
I started my homemade venture by making laundry detergent from the huge gallons of liquid soap to powdered concentrate!
After a year I FINALLY found the one I think I'll be using forever...hopefully!
BUT if you'd like to try it and of course there is always a grater involved here ya go!
I always wear my dust/painters mask since the detergent seems to get a little dusty in some of the steps.
Recipe ingredients:
1 bar zote laundry soap (open it and set it out for a few days or weeks it will dry out and you can grate it better)
2 Cups borax
2 Cups washing soda
2 Cups oxi clean type powder (i've been loving the dirty jobs oxi clean)
Turn on the tv and grate the soap bar (You can use a food processor since I don't have one I use a small zester grater)
Add the grated soap in a Large bowl with the borax and washing soda. Mix well. Make sure your mask is in place because it can get a little dusty. For the ingredients to really mix up well and the soap to get as small as it can be to dissolve in even cold water, I had to get out my old ultimate chopper. You can also use a blender!
Add a cup at a time to get it mixed up and then add it all back in to the bowl. I usually have two bowls. Add in your oxi clean! Mix it all up and put it in an old container. I have used an old oxi clean container or even a small bucket will work.
Use 2 Tbs. in each load. I put the detergent in the bottom of the washer then add clothes.
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