Washing Machine

Our washing machine has not been working properly for a few weeks. I called National Home Center, where it was purchased and the technician came to fix it today.

So far he has identified the problem. There was a plastic filter prior to the drain pump filled up by Arnold's socks, hairpins he brought from school, rockets from his transformer, etc. The socks smelled quite moldy already. These things were stuck there, causing the drain pump not able to pump water out, resulting in failure of spinning.

Right now, Brandon, the technician, is trying to put everything back in place. He said this was a main problem of the front load washers. Although front load saves water in comparison to top load washing machines, you may run into such technical problems.

The way to avoid this is to put all the little stuff into a wash bag and put it into the washer as a whole. I need to stop by Walmart today to get it before we can do laundry again. In other words, this would never have happened if had not had babies. So a tip for all our friends who have babies: use wash bag for baby stuff.

父亲节

今天是Ｂｉａｊｅｅ的第五个父亲节了．我们全家去密苏里／阿肯色火车公司搭乘了父亲节特别列车．列车发车站在斯普林代尔，一个位于奔腾村和费耶特村之间的城市．我们十一点从家出发，大概十一点半抵达车站．在剪票台取票，并特别询问了头等舱和普通舱的区别．原来普客是１９２０年建的车厢，头等是１９５０年建的车厢．普客更加适合我们，因为座位是一整排的，可以给小孩子睡觉．

１１：４５准时登车，发现头等的座位其实就是一些单人沙发，未必舒服，还是普客好．１２：００　整火车出发．网站上说这班车要去番布伦市，来回一趟就奔晚上７点了．实际上我们３：３０左右就回来了．中途经过了一个叫做文思录的地方，有一个１７００尺的隧道．过了隧道之后就找机会将车头调至车尾，往回开了．

上车之后就发午饭，每人有一个免费饮料，其余饮料一刀一份．午饭是典型的南方菜，烤猪肉，土豆沙拉和烤豆子．甜点是苹果馅饼．我们四个人吃了四份，主要是我在吃．Ｂｉａｊｅｅ星期五港刚拔完智齿，不能大吃，我只好一个人吃了四份午餐．当然味道相当不错了．

饭后服务员还进行了知识问答，我因为答对了题目还赢了一顶棒球帽，非常不错．路上经过了一架长７００尺的桥．之后阿诺就在Ｂｉａｊｅｅ身上尿了，造成的状况好像是Ｂｉａｊｅｅ尿裤子了．我们给阿诺带了替换的衣服，却没有Ｂｉａｊｅｅ的衣服，所以Ｂｉａｊｅｅ只好穿着有尿臊味的衣服直到回家．

Ｂｉａｊｅｅ昨天拿到了绿卡，所以我们可以计划回国了．

James at the Mill

Biajee received the offer from Walmart on June 2nd. He'll start the new job on June 14th. We went to James at the Mill on the night of June 2nd to celebrate.

James at the Mill is a restaurant with a long history. It's located in Fayetteville, but you actually exit at #62 on I-540 south to get there. It's a location that I used to eat a lot at years ago when I worked for a Walmart vendor.

The restaurant belongs to a hotel. There is a huge wooden mill outside erected in the 1900s. The pond and little waterfall are very entertaining to Arnold. Lots of fish are swimming in the pond, reminding us of West Lake in Hangzhou, China. We fed some leftover dinner bread to the fish there afterwards.

I ordered white Zinfindal for us. It's sort of a cheap white wine, but tastes very good and sweet. We had house salad, crab cake and a full rack of baby back ribs for dinner. Biajee was able to finish most of the ribs. The flavor was phenomenal. Dessert was most impressive. We had chocolate pyramid with raspberry sherbet and vanilla icecream, sided with fresh strawberries and pineapple.

I started a weight loss program the next day. The shirts I ordered from Ann Taylor arrived yesterday. They are all size 00 and fit me beautifully. The only disappointing thing was I paid for shipping when I ordered and now they started a Free Shipping with Orders over $150 special again. If you are a fan of Ann Taylor, I strongly recommend ordering clothes on line now. Size 00 is not carried in stores and is sold exclusively on line.