OMG!!! Thank you so much Simsample for your switft response!!!!
I would never have known until you informed me. Gosh, I felt so stupid until I read your reply. I always thought that i should only start buying the washing machine only when my sims start leaving their laundry all over the place. I had the mentality of that "problem must first exist before the solution can be introduced".
Again much thanks for taking the time and being the first to reply.