It pays to have contacts...

My FIL called me up several months ago and said he got a practically brand new dishwasher off a jobsite, that was otherwise labeled for the dump and wanted to know if I wanted it. I agreed, and it's been sitting out in my garage ever since. The existing dishwasher was functional, but outdated, so there wasn't much rush to deal with putting the newer one in.

UNTIL YESTERDAY.

Tuesday night, I started the dishwasher and partway into the cycle, it started making some really horrible sounds, so Dan opened it up and discovered that the soap was still all in the soap slots, the bottom was full of water, but the dishes weren't getting wet AT ALL.

We thanked our lucky stars there was another dishwasher out in the garage, because let's just say a dishwasher is NOT in our budget at this time (not without credit card help).

We unloaded all the dirty dishes into the sink to be dealt with later


Then I called my FIL yesterday morning to ask him to come down and install the "new" dishwasher for us after work. He showed up right about 3pm and got straight to work taking out the old one.


He decided it was really a two person job, so went back home and then returned once Dan was home and they got to work on it together




Looks weird with a big hole in the line of cupboards with the dishwasher out!


And wait, what's that in the corner? A MOUSE NEST? AUGHHHH!!!! Thank goodness the best kitty in the world, Bella, caught the mouse already before Christmas... (doesn't it make you wonder what might be living under YOUR dishwasher??)



In comes the "new" dishwasher!


Connor learns a little bit about the innerworkings of the dishwasher while daddy's off buying a part we needed


After running it once through as a test, then loading it with dishes and running it through again, I now have an empty sink and clean dishes! YIPPEE!!