Slightly spooked. Pho update in comments.

chibiyui

So, I went to the grocery store to get ingredients to make pho tonight. I was pissy cause I went to one store specfically because it has really good meat, but they didn't have ginger, so I had to go to the other store across town and who the fuck seriously doesn't carry ginger. Before I left I put a load of laundry in the wash. 

When I came back, the lid to the washer was up, it was done with the washing cycle and waiting to do the rinse. I was gone long enough that it should have been done when I came home. 

I don't THINK, the machine will go through the wash cycle with the lid up, so I'm pretty sure I had put it down. But I locked the door before I left, and I live in the middle of nowhere. MIL and FIL are upstairs, and they didn't come down at all (I asked)

Right now I'm feeling much more apprehensive then I have in awhile. I'm sure it will pass, but. ick. tempted to start drinking. 

JCbride2015

My washer will go through the beginning of the cycle with the lid up, but stop before draining to do the rinse.  So you probably just left the lid up and you're fine.  But still...

Laundry ghosts!  Aaah!

slothiegal

JCbride2015 said:

Laundry ghosts!  Aaah!

chibiyui

JCbride2015 said:

My washer will go through the beginning of the cycle with the lid up, but stop before draining to do the rinse.  So you probably just left the lid up and you're fine.  But still...

Laundry ghosts!  Aaah!

FIL said grandma (who used to live downstairs and has been dead many years) was helping me out. Also, thank you, you have no idea how much relief I felt when I read that.

wandajune6

Laundry ghosts are bad.

But more importantly, you make your own pho!?! I need your recipe! I LOVE pho and have never found a recipe that's quite right.

jdluvr06

My washer will go through the first part of a cycle with the lid up too. I can see where that would be freaky though.

chibiyui

wandajune6 said:

Laundry ghosts are bad.

But more importantly, you make your own pho!?! I need your recipe! I LOVE pho and have never found a recipe that's quite right.

This will be my first time. I just pulled a recipe from food network

lkristenj

My washer won't do that, but I think my mom's old one used to. She has an HE front-loading one now, so that would be bad.

My washer will fill with the lid up but will not cycle. The lid must be closed before the cycle will start.

wandajune6

chibiyui said:

wandajune6 said:

Laundry ghosts are bad.

But more importantly, you make your own pho!?! I need your recipe! I LOVE pho and have never found a recipe that's quite right.

This will be my first time. I just pulled a recipe from food network

Let us know how it goes!

chibiyui

I will! Oh, and I just put another load in and left the lid up, it's running! I'm just forgetful, and there isn't an axe murderer in the house. Probably.

chibiyui

Pho update. Not bad. It is a bit salty, I think it's because I didn't grab a super low sodium beef broth, but it does season the meat and noodles nicely.

VulgarGirl

chibiyui said:

I will! Oh, and I just put another load in and left the lid up, it's running! I'm just forgetful, and there isn't an axe murderer in the house. Probably.

If there is an ax murder he should have finished the laundry for you. That's what a polite ax murder would do. Also a polite ghost. Not just lift the lid up part way through and leave it.

theartistformerlyknownas

I need a ghost to fold my laundry for me.

lovemyrunner

Seriously.  If you're gonna have a ghost, I feel like having one that does laundry is the way to go!

wandajune6

Thanks for the pho update!

Ghosts should be required to put the clean clothes away as well!

alpacalunch

If ghosts are going to come steal one sock at a time from the laundry, they could at least be polite and let the rest of the cycle finish. I mean, really. Manners.