Last friday, before we left for Toronto, we were cleaning up a little when the wife told me that the dishwasher was smoking like crazy... we new it was going to go soon, we have hardwater and no softener (that works) so we figure we'd have to replace our appliances eventually until we can get a new softener.

So, yesterday, after we got back, the wife decided to try cleaning the element with vinager that appeared to be crusted with gunk from the water. Tried the dishwaher again, and seems to be working for now... so I've jumped on the internet, found a couple of people giving away a few dishwashers due to some upgrades. Figure it'll be a temp fix until we replace the softener. Picked one up today and getting another on the way to work tomorrow. Good to have a couple on hand, just in case. Good thing we have the space to store it.

On the way back from the one pick up today, my wife texted me to ask if the guy happened to also be giving away a stove.... not a good sign.

I called her back to ask why and was informed that there was a large crack in the glasstop stove we have... sheesh, not cheap to fix that, almost as much as replacing it... sigh, it never ends.