Sick Day!

Last Friday was supposed to be one of those days, when you run all day long.  I was completely scheduled, running here and there.   It would start off getting everyone to school, then get myself and the little kids ready.  Take Harvey to preschool, run errands, pick up Harvey, drop the 3 little kids off at my friend's house, then volunteer at the elementary school for 3 hours.  Pick everyone back up, etc.  The only glitch was, Thursday, Julius started looking droopy, sneezy and coughing. 

 He even had a fever.  I was able to cancel all of our appointments, including Harvey's preschool since the next morning he was coughing too.  We had a lazy day at home with no commitments.  It was wonderful. (It was a good thing too since we ended up having our hot water heater fixed that day, thanks again Nick!)

We all need a sick day once in a while.  (It is even better when you aren't the one who is sick.)

(The picture was a few days later, I asked him to look sick.)

Accurate Service Appliance Repair

I am the daughter of an appliance repairman.  I grew up watching my dad fix things and I sometimes got to go to work with him, driving around in his appliance repair truck and going to people's houses.  He was the strongest man I knew, but that is another story.  When I was little I wanted to be an appliance repair woman.  My brothers all have worked with my dad and learned a thing or two about appliance repair, so I always let them take care of things.  But now, they all live out of state.

Our hot water heater went out yesterday.  I tried fixing it my self.  When things go wrong now, I look at it and see if I can figure out anything obvious.  I tried relighting the pilot light, it wouldn't stay on.  So, I called Whirlpool and the person on the phone walked me through some troubleshooting and narrowed it down to what he thought it was.  I needed a new thermocouple.  The part was still under warranty, so I was able to pick it up at Lowes for no cost.  I had some instructions on what to do, so I went down to fix the water heater.  I couldn't budge any of the nuts.  I was supposed to disconnect a certain wire, but it didn't have an obvious way to disconnect it and I didn't want to break it.  I decided I needed someone who knew what they were doing to replace it for me.

I called Nick at Accurate Service Appliance Repair at 425-885-6001.  He used to work with my dad.    My dad has passed away, but Nick is still repairing appliances.  He repairs all major appliances and is very reasonably priced.  He was able to come over within a few hours and replace the part for me.  Now we have hot water, my dad couldn't have done it better himself.

Thanks for your expertise, Nick!