big purchases and midnight vomit

Warning: whiney post....

Just need to vent a little. Tis the season.. Like most folks, this time of year hits us hard in the wallet. But, on top of the usual expensive holiday hoopla, we decided to buy the little lady a "big girl bed" last weekend, since she's the monkey queen who climbs out of her crib EVERY NIGHT and climbs into her brother's bed. She has refused to sleep in the crib. She was well over due for a bed, but we were trying to hold off a little longer. At any rate, we bought the lady a bed so her brother could get some rest. Well, what broke yesterday - THE WASHING MACHINE. Great timing. OUCH! We could call a repair man, but the washer is a 15 yr old top loader that we bought in our first apartment before we were married (yes, we lived in sin). No repair person was called - a front loader is the way to go. Holy crap those suckers are expensive. Such bad timing. Bad, bad timing. But, our home now septic and well and the front loader is the wisest choice. Again, ouch on the price!

OK, we've settled on the washer and it's coming tomorrow - but what happened last night.... the boy had a case of MAJOR barfs (barfs - I'm using my medical terminology here). Oh my glory, we had vomit on...well, it would be easier to say where the vomit wasn't. Oiy vey! And of course, the hubster was working - so I was solo in my efforts to decontaminate the upstairs hall, bathroom, bedroom, boy and buckets. So why the vomit and big purchase post connection? Well, I have bags of barfed on stuff and no way to wash it - unless I want to haul the load to the creek, or worse, the laundromat. Mmmm, those items should be ripe by tomorrow when the washer comes in.

Crossing my fingers that this fun barf bug doesn't make its way into the rest of the family. Good times!