Friday, September 14, 2007

Lavando the First Time






This is the advanced dominican washing machine. Washer and ringer in one. And thank God for it. I would die if I had to wash all my clothes by hand. Imaginate! Raw knuckles, no thank you.
Let me tell you how it goes.
Primero- You haul the lavadora out from the back room to the back yard and connect it to an outlet nearby.
segundo - Connect drain tube to the back of the machine. Make sure the opening of the tube is pointing away from house (very important)
tercero- Fill left side with 3 buckets of water, a shake or two of FAB laudry soap, and throw in a load of whites. Set to 15 minutes.
Cuarto- When 15 minutes are up, pick out wet soapy clothes and throw them in a bucket of water nearby. Plunge an swirl, plunge and swirl until it looks like the soap is out (it never really is).
Quinto- Then haul the wet less soapy clothes up to the ringer (the right side of the machine). Set the timer for 5 minutes. It spins the clothes at an unimaginable speed until most of the water is out.
Sexto- Carry less wet clothes to clothes line to dry in the super dominican sun.
Repeat step 1-6 over and over, changing dirty water when needed. Haul machine back to bedroom when finished.

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