Is there an invisible switch that has been triggered in my home? You know the switch, the one that signals every appliance that it's time is up, and the one that makes each lightbulb burn out.
Or maybe it's more of a switch that triggers the bottom to fall out.
In the past few weeks:
-My tooth broke, causing excruciating pain, night and day. A root canal was needed. $2000, please.
-Our washing maching broke beyond repair. Now, last year we did without a dryer for almost a year, but a washer is a little harder to do without.
-The dvd/vcr player broke. Not a big deal, I'll grant you, but by this time we were getting a little suspicious.
-The front door handle fell off. Jon saved it many times, but eventually it just fell off everytime we touched it. I'm sorry, but a family needs to be able to go in and out. Did you know that a front door handle (that fits our door) costs around $150???
By this time, I was in a corner, cowering, both hands over my head, begging 'it' to stop.
I thought a hot shower might make me feel better.
Wait, no, that won't work. The shower head exploded, yes exploded while Jonah showered. I'll just go to the other shower. No, I can't do that. Both the handles have fallen off...
Okay.
Stop.
Enough!
I think Gable summed it up perfectly. As we sat reeling from the past weeks, Gable sat down and wistfully said, "Dad, I wish money trees really were real."
Me too, little buddy.
Me too.
Monday, February 2, 2009
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I wish that bathroom remodeling trees were real. Stuff is expensive.
Wow, I would be in a corner drooling by now if I were you. You seemed completely normal today at co-op.
ugh. that is HORRIBLE. i am so sorry. maybe see if you can sell some stuff on ebay? that seems to help when we're in a pinch. i seem to accumulate a lot of crap. our last house, that we RAN FROM bc it seemed that everything went wrong when we lived there, the dryer quit on us (and no matter what you say, no dryer? is very hard.) and the oven quit. the garage door quit. it. was. horrible.
i'm so sorry!!!! i hope you get a big fat tax refund this year!
I feel your pain, sister...This old house is falling apart as well...broken faucest, leaking sinks, a leaking bathtub upstairs that caused the ceiling in the shower downstairs to collapse, door knobs falling off, shelves falling down, a light switch that is hanging out of the wall so I never use it...The list goes on...We need to form a Money Pit support group!
I had a root canal and crown in January. Then I cracked a tooth and had to get another crown (no root canal) -- $3000!! I was like, "Whaaat!" I almost burst into tears right there at the bill paying window. But since I don't cry in public, I waited until I got to the car and cried all the way home.
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