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12-14-2015 at 07:53 AM.
12-14-2015 at 07:53 AM.
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Spent a lot of Sunday doing open heart surgery on the dish washer.

put in this part [amazon.com]

Its the sump where all the water drains into and either gets sent down the drain or gets recycled.

That was fun... Nono
You have my greatest sympathies. NOT a fun job, with all the residual water that never comes out until you actually have to repair the farker. At least you saved yourself several hundred dollars for a service call.
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12-14-2015 at 07:56 AM.
12-14-2015 at 07:56 AM.
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Here's the Cake cake. The crown turned out rather badly. I combined the band's logo with the artwork from Fashion Nugget and Prolonging the Magic.

I'd guess it tasted rather good, though! nod

I am absolutely NOT one of those people who can do artistic things with frosting/icing. Just not one of those cooking skills I've ever developed. shake head
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12-14-2015 at 08:04 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:04 AM.
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I'd guess it tasted rather good, though! nod

I am absolutely NOT one of those people who can do artistic things with frosting/icing. Just not one of those cooking skills I've ever developed. shake head
This is the first year she wanted something other than a Funfetti cake, so I was happy about that!
I think I'd be able to do better work if I started doing stuff with fondant... but I'm not sure I see that happening in the near future. Maybe distant future.
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12-14-2015 at 08:36 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:36 AM.
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There's only one part of that description that doesn't make me go "ew", but I saw that it was a Christmas standard before I saw your description, so my interest level was already at zero.

If the kid hasn't read Harry Potter, that's still a good choice. There's also A Series of Unfortunate Events, or the Artemis Fowl series, Percy Jackson

I'm here! Today! But not tomorrow!
their religion is pretty secular, so I'm not sure what they will allow Stress
but Thanks for the suggestions
i always think both your girls are practically 30 and not teenagers laugh out loud
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12-14-2015 at 08:39 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:39 AM.
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Looking at the run-times, I guess it is shorter still.


Here's the Cake cake. The crown turned out rather badly. I combined the band's logo with the artwork from Fashion Nugget and Prolonging the Magic.

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I'd guess it tasted rather good, though! nod

I am absolutely NOT one of those people who can do artistic things with frosting/icing. Just not one of those cooking skills I've ever developed. shake head
my grandmother took a cake decorating class after she retired and for a while she made the most gorgeous cakes! My ex husband insisted she bought them laugh out loud, they were THAT nice !
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12-14-2015 at 08:41 AM.
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This is the first year she wanted something other than a Funfetti cake, so I was happy about that!
I think I'd be able to do better work if I started doing stuff with fondant... but I'm not sure I see that happening in the near future. Maybe distant future.
you can practice wrapping me with fondant and then cleaning it off bulb
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12-14-2015 at 08:42 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:42 AM.
What is fondant?
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12-14-2015 at 08:47 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:47 AM.
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their religion is pretty secular, so I'm not sure what they will allow Stress
but Thanks for the suggestions
i always think both your girls are practically 30 and not teenagers laugh out loud
Bowdown
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series may be a better recommendation then, hasn't got any devilsome witchcraft or magic in it.
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you can practice wrapping me with fondant and then cleaning it off bulb
Enticing training regimen!
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12-14-2015 at 08:52 AM.
12-14-2015 at 08:52 AM.
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What is fondant?
Any time you see an extremely fancy decorated cake, it's probably covered with fondant. It's a confection.
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DC
12-14-2015 at 09:12 AM.
12-14-2015 at 09:12 AM.
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You have my greatest sympathies. NOT a fun job, with all the residual water that never comes out until you actually have to repair the farker. At least you saved yourself several hundred dollars for a service call.
Thank you.
It was marked with challenges and lots and lots of towels...

Took the parts guy's advice and pulled the whole dishwasher. Good.

Removed the bad sump and also cleaned the impeller on the main pump. Good.

Replaced the sump, and tightened the hose clamps to a pretty snug fit as the sump was actually bendable rubber like - Not Good.

Shoved it back under the counter and turned it on...fills up - good

Starts to run the re-circulation pump BAD-VERY BAD!!!
One of the hose clamps was not tight enough.

Mop up pull the DW out again...spill water....

Find a spray pattern of water on the bottom of the DW...and tighten that clamp...hell tightened all the clamps more. -Good.

Shoved it back under the counter...and the supply line connection is ...

drip...drip.................drip.........drip......ARRRRRGH!!! Mad

Won't tighten any more so it's still dripping.

Off to the orange box for a new compression nut and Ferrel.
Bought a set of Stubby wrenches too...this helped a lot to get that compression nut tight.

Tried it all again and...voila!!!! nod 'about 2 and half hours longer than a 2 hour job should have taken.

/most of what DC did on Sunday.
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12-14-2015 at 09:14 AM.
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What is fondant?
There seems to be 2 kinds of frosting...buttercream - Soft and light and smooth and then Fondant.

Fondant is a much drier almost pliable sugar frosting...you roll it out like dough.

then fold and smooth it over the cake almost like finishing concrete.
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12-14-2015 at 09:15 AM.
12-14-2015 at 09:15 AM.
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There seems to be 2 kinds of frosting...buttercream - Soft and light and smooth and then Fondant.

Fondant is a much drier almost pliable sugar frosting...you roll it out like dough.

then fold and smooth it over the cake almost like finishing concrete.
I'd probably end up just using it for the graphic elements.
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12-14-2015 at 09:18 AM.
12-14-2015 at 09:18 AM.
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I'd probably end up just using it for the graphic elements.
Yeah..you could...my wife uses cookie cutters on it.
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teenbean
12-14-2015 at 09:28 AM.
12-14-2015 at 09:28 AM.
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their religion is pretty secular, so I'm not sure what they will allow Stress
but Thanks for the suggestions
i always think both your girls are practically 30 and not teenagers laugh out loud

My kids really liked the book "Wonder"
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VorlonFrog
12-14-2015 at 09:34 AM.
12-14-2015 at 09:34 AM.
Smoked turkey on wheat sandwich for lunch today.
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