No harm done, and I'm just glad to have the functioning washer again. I came across this video about planned obsolescence and another one about durable brands (I have several Honda power tools here).

Today I started weeding and trimming gardens in the front yard. The woody stuff that doesn't compost easily can go into that humongous new trash bin, the rest into the compost pile. It's cool and a bit breezy so I stayed in the shelter of the house, but Wednesday is forecast to be calm and warmer so I'll get out the mower and knock down the winter weeds in the lawn area. I'm planning to put a layer of wood chips under a tree and place the cloth smart pots on it for some of the crops this year, and that dappled shade should help them not overheat as much as along the edge of the driveway. Two years ago I had to toss my garden boots because they couldn't be resoled, but I've done research (after that video above) and found a nearby store that sells steel toed boots with the Goodyear welt (Carhartt) that don't cost quite as much as the two brands he named. When I chop with the mattock and use the tiller I'm much happier with heavy duty boots, but I'll have to buy men's because they make so few steel toed for women.

In the house I'm working on a couple of larger items to go on eBay, including a bread machine, and I should probably rearrange the cupboard in the sunroom. That's where I had the bread machines stored.