B fixed our washer, so thankfully washing machine procurement is indefinitely on hold.  I thought it was really interesting that Karen said her front-loader saves her $20 / month on her water bill.  Our water bill is about $30 per month total.  That’s two showers plus a generous bath daily, plenty of laundry, lots of water used for cooking, cleaning, bathroom, etc.  Our house is occupied by 3 people close to 24 hours a day.  Anyway, it’s hard to imagine that even if a more efficient washer reduced our laundry water usage to zero that it would save us more than $5 per month.

Friends sent us a baby announcement today, and the photo featured the baby blanket I’d knit for them.  This pleased me ridiculously.  Sometimes it’s the little things.  Here’s the blanket:

We find out the gender of the baby tomorrow.  I’m not too happy that the ultrasound is on Good Friday.  It just feels like a bad day to have an anatomy scan.  I obviously did not realize when I scheduled it a couple of months ago, and at this point it’s way too late to re-scheduled, so I’m trying not to be superstitious, if that’s the right word.