I wrote this last night, then couldn't get on line to post it. 

HAD IT NOT HAPPENED TO ME........

I don't think I'd have believed it!!!   I went to the local laundromat this evening.  I had three of those Vellux (sp) light weight WARM blankets.  Decided I'd just take all three and try to soften them up.  They were still pretty new-stiff.  Two of them I had washed, in the past, and evidentally one of them, had never been laundered.  Two were king sized, and one queen size.  None of them were really soiled.  One, from Sears, I'd had several years, but it had been in the package after only using it maybe a week.  I put it back on the closet shelf.  The other two were from Penney's.

So..........I put one king size in, started the machine.  Put the next King size in....started THAT machine.  Finally, I put the queen size in and also started that one.  They were the triple size washers, and I turned the water on hot, hoping they'd soften up. 

I sat down to read my latest Birds & Blooms.  Number one got done.  I took it out and put it in a big dryer.  Number two and number 3 stopped at the same time.  Wouldn't you know it, I looked in # 2 and thought "GEE WHIZ!!!  I just washed somebody else's clothes that they left in the machine."   Some flimsey nylon net something .....  I was just SURE I'd put the money in MY machine.  I went on to the next machine, took that blanket out and put it in the dryer with the first one.   Now, back to see if I can find which washer I put # 2 in. 

I couldn't believe my eyes!!!!  It was the right machine!!  That big blanket had disintegrated!!!!!   All that was left was a 90 X 108 piece of nylon net with blue satin binding.  When I removed it from the washer, there was still a bit of blue 'snow' that fell off it onto the floor.  That one was the Sears blanket.  Too old now, to go complain, even though it had only been used, maybe, a week.  

I threw it in the trash.  But then I thought.....maybe we could use it at the pond party to throw over a sleeping child, or over a table of food to keep the insects off.   I brought it home.  I looked at the price that had been on the package, and it said $49.95.  Well, so much for that!!!!

I had thought I'd wait until tomorrow to get groceries, when I went in to get the income tax done, but we're supposed to get heavy rain tomorrow, so I decided to get that done today too.  I have the frozen and cold stuff put away, but the rest of it is on the table and counter.  Tomorrow's another day.....I'll take care of that then.

Catch ya all later.  Don't go washin' any Sears blankets now.   (~;  Granny