Bonnie Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 A couple of weeks ago I got a new dishwasher....great did the happy dance and kissed the hubby.... Then yesterday he hauled the dishwasher away, but brought the racks back....Stupid me, I asked the dumb question, why didn\'t they go too, and then his blue eyes started to twinkle and he said..... "Self, I said to myself....wiffy needs some new spool racks and self we (his....me, myself & I) will surprise her with them the next time she goes to the basement. Well he and his self didn\'t get that far before I saw them, but he sure was proud of himself for thinking of it and I am because I don\'t think I have ever seen a more sturdy pair ever. He cut every other spoke out so the bigger threads will fit. Such a clever man I have. [/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 What a great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoryJM Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Bonnie....that is so great!!! I, too, have a dishwasher that\'s not in use and may steal the racks to a place where they can be used! We had the dishwasher put in our new kitchen when we re-built our house (the first went up in smoke, so I got a do-over), but we\'ve never connected it properly. At this point, I\'m still the dishwasher!! What a clever man you\'re married to...and to think, he thought of that all on his own!! Lucky woman, you are!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmquilt Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Bonnie, That is awesome. My dishwasher racks don\'t look like that. If they did I would start washing dishes by hand again. (Just kidding) Michele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmoore1223 Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 You\'re right, you do have a clever husband! :) Coleen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmcclannan Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 How clever! I think this is the ultimate in recycling! A pat on the back to your hubby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judysmith Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 I\'m with Julie, what great recycling. In fact, we\'ve got an old dishwasher that\'s waiting to go with the metal recycling and I must just go down and rescue those racks! Judy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susanri Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 send that idea into fons and porter or one of those mags and you will get e free subscription if they print it or something like it!! great thinking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lizziesgirl Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 What can cleaver hubby come up with to use an old washer and dryer for? Just bought a new set today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtreusch Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Very clever!! I like it. Debbi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Tomorrow makes 34 years with this guy...don\'t think I\'m going to let him go any place soon.....And he does come up with some great idea. I just tell him I think I need and he makes it for me. I am very lucky and spoiled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eswindy Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 What a great idea that DH made for you. Junk to treasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Who woulda thunk it? He\'s clever (and he\'s cute) -- Best you be keeping him for another 34 years.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandra Darlington Posted June 9, 2008 Report Share Posted June 9, 2008 Great idea; great hubby for being so creative and thoughtful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuliaDay Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oh that works!!! how did you hang them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 These right now are only hooked onto the wall with regular coffee cup hooks...which ARE no strong enough to hold them when they are fully loaded. I will be getting something at the hardware store to anchor them to the wall or maybe get a piece of peg board and use the peg board hooks to hang them with. Still not sure where I want it to hang so they aren\'t perment yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bonnie - Yes Indeed, you have a wonderful Hubby - and smart too. I\'ll have to call the used appliance shops and see if they have any racks haning around that I could get from them. My DH Bill and I had our anniversary in May and we\'ve also been married for 34 years. We haven\'t celebrated it yet as he hasn\'t felt like it, but we hope to soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Recycling at it\'s best!! What a smart guy.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merryjo2003 Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Can I borrow him? Great idea! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindasewsit Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 What a GREAT Idea!!! Maybe if I show my DH this idea, he will get me a new dishwasher!! (I need one!!) think of the money I can save not buying the plastic thread containers!!!:P:P linda That truely is a wonderful idea!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Oh yeah!!! Brilliant, Bonnie!! Keep him around! My dishwasher is gasping it\'s last so of course I had to run in and check out the racks! Poor Dennis thought I was going to do some housework!! Poor mis-guided sweetheart! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RitaR Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bonnie your Himself really knows how to use that gray matter in his noggin.. congrats to him for knowing how and you for getting him, and the results. RitaR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Linda... Poor Dennis thought I was going to do some housework!! Poor mis-guided sweetheart! :P:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted June 10, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Originally posted by ffq-lar Poor Dennis thought I was going to do some housework!! Poor mis-guided sweetheart! Linda...I am so on the floor right now. Gene will love this....I\'ll have to show him these when he gets home tonight. PattyJo....1974 was a good year. Gene and I got married 7 days after I graduated from HS...and NO it wasn\'t a shotgun wedding. and I think I too will hit the used appliance stores...I have way more thread than these two will ever hold... RitaR....yep the old cowboy, knows how to put together alot of things with just baling wire and bubble gum...I married the real Mister McGiver.... I plan on keeping him at least another 40 years or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted June 10, 2008 Report Share Posted June 10, 2008 Bonnie dear, I think you need to reward that man with a special dinner, dont you?!!! When they come up with such a great idea, there\'s only way way to a man\'s heart, and we all know, it\'s food! Tell hubby he\'s awe\'d a few women today with his idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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